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11-letter words containing e, r, w, i

  • wienerwurst — Vienna sausage.
  • wife-beater — a person who hits his or her wife
  • wiggle room — room to maneuver; latitude.
  • wilberforceWilliam, 1759–1833, British statesman, philanthropist, and writer.
  • wild celery — tape grass.
  • wild flower — the flower of a plant that normally grows in fields, forests, etc., without deliberate cultivation.
  • wild ginger — any of various plants belonging to the genus Asarum, of the birthwort family, especially A. canadense, a woodland plant of eastern North America, having two heart-shaped leaves, a solitary reddish-brown flower, and a pungent rhizome.
  • wild madder — madder1 (defs 1, 2).
  • wild orange — laurel cherry.
  • wild rubber — rubber obtained from trees growing wild.
  • wild turkey — the ancestral species of the domesticated turkey. Compare turkey (def 1).
  • wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
  • wildcrafter — One who takes part in wildcraft.
  • wildflowers — Plural form of wildflower.
  • willow herb — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.
  • willstatter — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, German chemist: Nobel prize 1915.
  • wind energy — wind power.
  • wind-broken — having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.
  • wind-screen — windshield.
  • windbaggery — Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
  • windbreaker — A wind -resistant jacket with a close-fitting neck, waistband, and cuffs.
  • windcheater — a lightweight jacket for sports or other outdoor wear.
  • windjammers — Plural form of windjammer.
  • windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
  • windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
  • windscreens — Plural form of windscreen.
  • windsor tie — a wide, soft necktie of black silk, tied at the neck in a loose bow.
  • wine cellar — a cellar for the storage of wine.
  • wine cooler — a bucket for holding ice to chill a bottle of wine.
  • wine expert — specialist or connoisseur of wines
  • wine grower — a person who owns or works in a vineyard and winery.
  • wine waiter — a waiter in a restaurant who is responsible for serving wine
  • wineberries — Plural form of wineberry.
  • winegrowing — the work or business of a winegrower.
  • winepresses — Plural form of winepress.
  • wing covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's wing feathers.
  • winnipegger — a city in and the capital of Manitoba, in S Canada, on the Red River.
  • winter moth — a brown geometrid moth, Operophtera brumata, of which the male is often seen against lighted windows in winter, the female being wingless
  • winter oats — oats that are planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
  • winter park — a city in E Florida.
  • winter rose — Christmas rose.
  • winter wren — (in the Western Hemisphere) a small wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, of coniferous forests.
  • winterberry — any of several North American hollies of the genus Ilex, having red berries that are persistent through the winter.
  • wintercress — any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers.
  • wintergreen — Also called checkerberry. a small, creeping, evergreen shrub, Gaultheria procumbens, of the heath family, common in eastern North America, having white, nodding, bell-shaped flowers, a bright-red, berrylike fruit, and aromatic leaves that yield a volatile oil.
  • winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
  • winterizing — Present participle of winterize.
  • winterkills — Plural form of winterkill.
  • winterreise — a song cycle (1827) by Franz Schubert, consisting of 24 songs set to poems of Wilhelm Müller.
  • wintersweet — a shrub, Chimonanthus praecox, native to China, having large leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.
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