10-letter words starting with wa
- wall brown — any of three species of brown butterfly, esp the common Lasiommata megera, that habitually sun themselves on rocks and walls
- wall fruit — fruit grown on trees trained against a wall for the shelter and warmth it provides
- wall light — lamp set into or hung from a wall
- wall plate — Also called raising plate. Building Trades. a horizontal member built into or laid along the top of a wall to support and distribute the pressure from joists, rafters, etc.
- wallachian — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- wallboards — Plural form of wallboard.
- wallcharts — Plural form of wallchart.
- wallenberg — Raoul (raʊl). 1912–?, Swedish diplomat, who helped (1944–45) thousands of Hungarian Jews to escape from the Nazis. After his arrest (1945) by the Soviets nothing is certainly known of him; despite claims that he is still alive he is presumed to have died in prison
- wallflower — a person who, because of shyness, unpopularity, or lack of a partner, remains at the side at a party or dance.
- wallington — a town in NE New Jersey.
- wallopings — Plural form of walloping.
- wallpapers — Plural form of wallpaper.
- wallpepper — a small Eurasian crassulaceous plant, Sedum acre, having creeping stems, yellow flowers, and acrid-tasting leaves
- wallposter — (in China) a usually lengthy notice, complaint, personal opinion, etc., handwritten in large characters and hung on walls in cities, as a means of communication and for criticizing or attacking government policy or politicians.
- walnut oil — oil obtained from walnuts
- walnutwood — the wood of a walnut tree
- walsingham — Sir Francis, c1530–90, English statesman: secretary of state 1573–90.
- walvis bay — an inlet of the S Atlantic Ocean, on the coast of Namibia, in SW Africa.
- wamblingly — in a wambling manner
- wampumpeag — wampum.
- wanderings — Plural form of wandering.
- wanderjahr — a year or period of travel, especially following one's schooling and before practicing a profession.
- wanderlust — a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
- wandsworth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- wanrestful — uneasy or restless
- wanthriven — poorly developed or undersized
- wanting in — deficient in
- wantonness — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
- wappenshaw — a periodic muster or review of troops or persons under arms, formerly held in certain districts of Scotland to satisfy military chiefs that their men were properly armed and faithful to the local lord or chieftain.
- war bonnet — an American Indian headdress consisting of a headband with a tail of ornamental feathers.
- war clouds — sign of trouble ahead
- war crimes — Usually, war crimes. crimes committed against an enemy, prisoners of war, or subjects in wartime that violate international agreements or, as in the case of genocide, are offenses against humanity.
- war office — the department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence
- war record — the recorded achievements of a soldier, sailor, airman etc in a war
- warble fly — any of several stout, woolly flies of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which produce warbles in cattle and other animals.
- warblingly — in a warbling manner
- ward eight — a mixed drink containing whiskey, lemon juice, grenadine, and often soda water, served in a tall glass with crushed ice and sometimes garnished with an orange slice and a cherry.
- ward round — a regular visit to patients in hospital by medical staff for the purpose of making decisions concerning patient care
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- wardrobing — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- warehoused — Simple past tense and past participle of warehouse.
- warehouser — warehouseman.
- warehouses — Plural form of warehouse.
- warfighter — A soldier in combat.
- warlording — (Internet) The act of denouncing, dissecting or mocking bloated signature blocks in Usenet postings.
- warlordism — a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
- warm front — a transition zone between a mass of warm air and the colder air it is replacing.
- warmongers — Plural form of warmonger.
- warp speed — an extremely rapid rate of speed: rumors traveling at warp speed.
- warpedness — The state, quality or condition of being warped.