11-letter words containing a, t, r, o
- wave theory — Also called undulatory theory. Physics. the theory that light is transmitted as a wave, similar to oscillations in magnetic and electric fields. Compare corpuscular theory.
- weathercoat — Also, weathercoating. a weatherproof coating, applied especially to the exterior of a building.
- weathercock — a weather vane with the figure of a rooster on it.
- weatherford — a town in N Texas.
- weathermost — (nautical) Farthest to the windward side.
- weatherworn — weather-beaten.
- west jordan — a town in N central Utah.
- west orange — a town in NE New Jersey, near Newark.
- westmorland — a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria, partially in the Lake District.
- what's more — in addition
- wheat flour — powdered cereal grain
- whereabouts — about where? where?
- whirlabouts — Plural form of whirlabout.
- whiteboards — Plural form of whiteboard.
- whitethroat — any of several small songbirds having a throat that is white, especially an Old World warbler, Sylvia communis.
- whore after — to pursue something immoral or depraved
- whoremaster — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
- wild carrot — an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota, of temperate regions, having clusters of white flowers and hooked fruits
- winter oats — oats that are planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
- with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- woman-hater — a person, especially a man, who dislikes women; misogynist.
- wood rabbit — a cottontail.
- woodcrafter — a person who makes or carves wooden objects.
- word accent — word stress.
- work basket — a basket for holding sewing equipment
- work of art — a piece of creative work in the arts, especially a painting or sculpture.
- workability — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- workbaskets — Plural form of workbasket.
- workstation — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
- workwatcher — a person who observes racehorses in training
- worldbeater — a person or thing that surpasses all others of like kind, as in quality, ability, or endurance.
- x-radiation — exposure to x-rays.
- x-ray photo — a picture produced by exposing photographic film to X-rays
- xanthophore — a chromatophore containing a yellow pigment, as in some cold-blooded animals.
- yet another — (jargon) (YA-, after Unix's yacc - Yet Another Compiler-Compiler) A humorous allusion often used in titles to acknowledge that the topic is not original, though the content is. As in "Yet Another AI Group" or "Yet Another Simulated Annealing Algorithm". If used of others' work, it describes something of which there are already far too many. In hackish acronyms the "YA" prefix almost invariably expands to Yet Another, e.g. YABA, YAUN.
- your actual — (intensifier)
- zero-rating — the process of rating goods at a VAT level of zero
- zoantharian — of or relating to the Zoantharia, a group of animals including all stony corals and sea anemones
- zoanthropic — relating to or displaying zoanthropy
- zoografting — zooplasty.
- zooparasite — any parasitic animal or protozoan.
- zooplankter — an individual animal or animallike organism in plankton.
- zoosanitary — Pertaining to the cleanliness of animals or animal products.
- zoroastrian — of or relating to Zoroaster or to Zoroastrianism.