10-letter words starting with wa
- warrandice — (legal) A form of warranty, in Scots law, in which a person conveying property was held liable for any outstanding claims on the property.
- warrantees — Plural form of warrantee.
- warrantied — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- warranties — Plural form of warranty.
- warranting — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- warrantise — a warranty; security
- warrantize — to guarantee the security of (land) to a person
- warrantors — Plural form of warrantor.
- warrenlike — Resembling a warren; mazelike, labyrinthine.
- warrington — a city in Cheshire, in NW England, on the Mersey River.
- warrioress — a woman who is a warrior
- wart cress — either of two prostrate annuals, Coronopus squamatus and C. didymus, having small white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- wart snake — either of two stout, nonvenomous snakes of the family Acrochordindae, ranging from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, and having the skin covered with wartlike, three-pointed scales.
- wash goods — washable fabrics or garments
- wash-woman — washerwoman.
- washateria — a launderette.
- washbasins — Plural form of washbasin.
- washbasket — Alternative form of wash basket.
- washboards — Plural form of washboard.
- washcloths — Plural form of washcloth.
- washed out — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
- washed-out — faded, especially from washing.
- washeteria — washateria.
- washing-up — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- washstands — Plural form of washstand.
- wasp waist — a woman's slender waistline, especially when the result of tight corseting.
- wassailing — Present participle of wassail.
- wassermann — August von [ou-goo st fuh n] /ˈaʊ gʊst fən/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, German physician and bacteriologist.
- wast water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Length: 5 km (3 miles)
- waste away — become thin and weak
- waste gate — a valve in a turbocharger unit that automatically opens when a predetermined engine speed is reached, so that some of the exhaust gas to the turbine is diverted and the engine speed does not become excessive.
- waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
- waste pipe — a pipe for draining liquid waste or excess liquids.
- waste well — absorbing well.
- wastefully — In a wasteful manner.
- wastelands — Plural form of wasteland.
- wastepaper — paper thrown away as useless.
- wastewater — water that has been used in washing, flushing, manufacturing, etc.; sewage.
- watch fire — a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
- watch list — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- watch stem — a winder
- watchfully — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- watchguard — a security chain or cord for a watch
- watchmaker — a person whose occupation it is to make and repair watches.
- watchnight — Alternative form of watch night.
- watchstrap — fabric strip on a wearable timepiece
- watchtower — a tower on which a sentinel keeps watch.
- watchwoman — A female watchman.