11-letter words containing a, i, r, w, l
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- prairie owl — burrowing owl.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
- right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
- saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
- still water — a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
- therewithal — together with that; in addition to that.
- thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- tragic flaw — the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
- unweariable — incapable of wearying or being wearied; tireless
- unweariably — in an unweariable manner
- visualworks — (language) A modern commercial implementation of the Smalltalk programming language. VisualWorks descends directly from the original Smalltalk-80 by Xerox PARC and was originally developed (for some time under the name Objectworks\Smalltalk) by ParcPlace Systems. VisualWorks relies on dynamic translation as its virtual machine technology.
- waffle iron — appliance for cooking waffles
- waffle-iron — a batter cake with a pattern of deep indentations on each side, formed by the gridlike design on each of the two hinged parts of the metal appliance (waffle iron) in which the cake is baked.
- waldemar ii — known as Waldemar the Victorious. 1170–1241, king of Denmark (1202–41); son of Waldemar I. He extended the Danish empire, conquering much of Estonia (1219)
- waldemar iv — surnamed Atterdag. ?1320–75, king of Denmark (1340–75), who reunited the Danish territories but was defeated (1368) by a coalition of his Baltic neighbours
- waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
- waldmeister — An herb used for flavouring wines and liqueurs.
- walk on air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- wall lizard — a small mottled grey lizard, Lacerta muralis, of Europe, N Africa, and SW Asia: family Lacertidae
- wallclimber — a glass-walled elevator whose shaft is on the exterior wall of a building
- wallingford — a town in S Connecticut.
- wanderingly — In a way that wanders.
- warchalking — the practice of marking chalk symbols on walls and pavements at places where local wireless internet connections may be obtained for free via a computer, usually without permission
- warlikeness — the state of being warlike
- warriorlike — Like a warrior.
- water inlet — opening designed to let water in
- water slide — flume
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- wearability — the durability of clothing under normal wear.
- wearisomely — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weathergirl — a young woman who presents weather forecasts
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- well-raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.