10-letter words containing a, r, d, w, o
- floodwater — the water that overflows as the result of a flood.
- flowerhead — (botany) A short, compact cluster of flowers, such as those found in the composites.
- foreshadow — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- forewarned — to warn in advance.
- forward of — If one thing is forward of another, especially on a ship or aircraft, the first thing is in front of the second thing or further ahead.
- forwarders — Plural form of forwarder.
- forwarding — Sports. a player stationed in advance of others on a team. Football. a lineman. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.
- freedwoman — a woman who has been freed from slavery.
- frontwards — in a direction toward the front.
- go towards — If an amount of money goes towards something, it is used to pay part of the cost of that thing.
- go-forward — forward momentum, esp of a sports team during a match
- goa powder — a brownish-yellow, odorless, crystalline powder obtained from the wood or the trunk of the Brazilian tree Andira araroba, used as a source of chrysarobin.
- goldwasser — a liqueur flavored with spices, figs, lemons, and herbs, and having minute flakes of gold leaf in suspension.
- greasewood — a shrub, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, of the amaranth family, growing in alkaline regions of the western U.S., containing a small amount of oil.
- greatsword — Any generally straight bladed double edged sword large enough that it required the use of two hands to wield it effectively.
- ground war — the part of a political campaign that is conducted door-to-door by party workers in individual constituencies
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- hand mower — a lawn mower that is pushed by hand (distinguished from power mower).
- handbarrow — a frame with handles at each end by which it is carried.
- hard power — the ability to achieve one's goals by force, esp military force
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- iron-jawed — having a jaw of or like iron: an iron-jawed press; an iron-jawed fighter.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- landowners — Plural form of landowner.
- low-loader — a road or rail vehicle for heavy loads with a low platform for ease of access
- lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
- macroworld — A world or reality on a larger scale, thus for example the social scale when discussing individual affairs, or the human scale when discussing particle physics.
- madderwort — A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.
- marblewood — any of several trees having wood somewhat resembling marble in graining or texture, as Diospyros marmorata, of southern Asia, or Olea paniculata, of Australia.
- meadow rue — any of several plants belonging to the genus Thalictrum, of the buttercup family, having leaves resembling those of rue, especially T. dioicum, of North America.
- meadowlark — any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- moudiewart — a mole
- narrowband — Of or involving signals over a narrow range of frequencies.
- narrowbody — (aeronautics) An airliner capable of seating six or less passengers in a single row of economy seating, with one aisle.
- narrowhead — Applied to various kinds of animals with a narrow head.
- northwards — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- orangewood — the hard, fine-grained, yellowish wood of the orange tree, used in inlaid work and fine turnery.
- overdrawer — a person who overdraws something, especially a bank account.
- overshadow — to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
- overwarmed — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- pared-down — If you describe something as pared-down, you mean that it has no unnecessary features, and has been reduced to a very simple form.
- radio wave — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- randomwise — in a random manner
- rawinsonde — a method of upper-atmosphere meteorological observation conducted by means of a radiosonde tracked by radar.
- real world — the realm of practical or actual experience, as opposed to the abstract, theoretical, or idealized sphere of the classroom, laboratory, etc.: recent college graduates looking for jobs in the real world of rising unemployment.