10-letter words containing wi
- do without — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dollarwise — as expressed in dollars; in dollars and cents: How much does a million francs amount to, dollarwise?
- doublewide — Alternative spelling of double-wide.
- downswings — Plural form of downswing.
- drawing-in — the act or process of threading warp ends through the heddle eyes of the harness and the dents of the reed according to a given plan for weaving a fabric.
- dutch wife — (in tropical countries) an open framework used in bed as a rest for the limbs.
- earth wire — a wire connecting an appliance to earth
- earwigging — any of numerous elongate, nocturnal insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of large, movable pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
- earwitness — a person who testifies or can testify to what he or she has heard.
- eyewitness — A person who has personally seen something happen and so can give a first-hand description of it.
- fan window — a window having a fanlike form with radiating sash bars, used especially as a fanlight.
- fat-witted — stupid; dull-witted.
- fever twig — the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens.
- fixed-wing — of or relating to aircraft that derive lift from the motion of air over aerodynamically designed surfaces that are rigidly and permanently attached to the fuselage.
- followings — a body of followers, attendants, adherents, etc.
- fort irwin — a military reservation in SW California, NE of Barstow.
- fort lewis — a military reservation in W central Washington State, SW of Tacoma.
- fright wig — a wig of wild, unruly hair, especially hair projecting outward in all directions, as worn by some clowns and comedians to give a comic effect of extreme fright or excitement.
- full swing — full operation; greatest activity: For the first time in years the factory was in full swing. The meeting was in full swing when we arrived.
- full twist — a front or back dive made by a complete rotation of the body on its vertical axis. Compare half twist (def 1).
- galaxywide — Throughout a galaxy.
- genomewide — (genetics) Throughout a genome.
- go haywire — to behave or perform erratically
- go in with — share cost
- go without — be deprived of, not have
- golf widow — a woman whose husband frequently leaves her alone while he plays golf.
- goodwilled — possessing goodwill
- guidwillie — generous or cordial
- half twist — Diving. a dive made by a half rotation of the body on its long axis. Compare full twist.
- halfwitted — Foolish or stupid.
- hard-wired — Computers. built into a computer's hardware and thus not readily changed. (of a terminal) connected to a computer by a direct circuit rather than through a switching network.
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- healthwise — With regard to health.
- hedgewitch — A modern witch who focuses on herbalism and shamanic experience.
- herskowitz — Melville (Jean) 1895–1963, American anthropologist.
- hit wicket — an instance of a batsman breaking the wicket with the bat or a part of the body while playing a stroke and so being out
- hollywired — Siliwood
- hoodwinked — to deceive or trick.
- hoodwinker — One who hoodwinks.
- hot switch — a rapid transfer from one point of origin to another during a broadcast.
- house wine — a wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- housewifey — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a housewife.
- housewives — Plural form of housewife.
- ill-willed — hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity: to harbor ill will against someone.
- ill-wisher — a person who wishes misfortune to another.
- intertwine — Twist or twine together.
- intertwist — the act of intertwisting or the condition of being intertwisted.
- interwinds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interwind.
- jayawijaya — a range in E central Irian Jaya, on New Guinea. Highest peak, Trikora, 15,584 feet (4750 meters).
- jewishness — the state or quality of being Jewish.