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11-letter words containing e, w

  • warlikeness — the state of being warlike
  • warm sector — the region of warmest air bounded by the cold and warm fronts of a cyclone.
  • warmblooded — Alternative spelling of warm-blooded.
  • warmed over — (of cooked foods) heated again: warmed-over stew.
  • warmed-over — (of cooked foods) heated again: warmed-over stew.
  • warmhearted — having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.
  • warmongerer — Misspelling of warmonger.
  • warrantable — capable of being warranted.
  • warrantless — authorization, sanction, or justification.
  • warrensburg — a town in central Missouri.
  • warriorlike — Like a warrior.
  • washerwoman — a woman who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundress.
  • washerwomen — Plural form of washerwoman.
  • waspishness — The quality of being waspish.
  • wassersteinWendy, 1950–2006, U.S. playwright.
  • waste water — water that has been used, either in the home or in industry
  • waste-water — water that has been used in washing, flushing, manufacturing, etc.; sewage.
  • wastebasket — a standing basket for wastepaper, small items of trash, etc.
  • wasterfully — in a wasteful manner
  • watchdogged — characteristic of a watchdog
  • watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
  • watchtowers — Plural form of watchtower.
  • water brash — heartburn (def 1).
  • water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
  • water cycle — the natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor, precipitates to earth in liquid or solid form, and ultimately returns to the atmosphere through evaporation.
  • water gauge — any device for indicating the height of water in a reservoir, tank, boiler, or other vessel.
  • water glass — a drinking glass; tumbler.
  • water inlet — opening designed to let water in
  • water lemon — yellow granadilla.
  • water level — the surface level of any body of water.
  • water louse — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
  • water meter — a device for measuring and registering the quantity of water that passes through a pipe or other outlet.
  • water motor — any form of prime mover or motor that is operated by the kinetic energy, pressure, or weight of water, especially a small turbine or waterwheel fitted to a pipe supplying water.
  • water nymph — a nymph of the water, as a naiad, a Nereid, or an Oceanid.
  • water ouzel — dipper (def 4).
  • water paint — a pigment, as watercolor, in which water is used as the vehicle.
  • water pipit — a common, sparrow-sized pipit, Anthus spinoletta, of the Northern Hemisphere.
  • water plant — a plant that grows in water.
  • water poppy — a Brazilian, aquatic plant, Hydrocleys nymphoides, having yellow, poppylike flowers.
  • water power — the power of water used, or capable of being used, to drive machinery, turbines, etc.
  • water rates — the charges made for the use of water from the public water supply
  • water right — the right to make use of the water from a particular stream, lake, or irrigation canal.
  • water shrew — either of two small amphibious shrews, Neomys fodiens (European water shrew) or N. anomalus (Mediterranean water shrew), having a dark pelage with paler underparts
  • water slide — flume
  • water snail — Archimedes' screw.
  • water snake — any of numerous and widely distributed harmless snakes of the genus Natrix, inhabiting areas in or near fresh water.
  • water table — the planar, underground surface beneath which earth materials, as soil or rock, are saturated with water.
  • water tiger — the larva of a predaceous diving beetle, of the genus Dytiscus.
  • water tower — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to a height sufficient to maintain a desired pressure for firefighting, distribution to customers, etc.
  • water vapor — a dispersion, in air, of molecules of water, especially as produced by evaporation at ambient temperatures rather than by boiling. Compare steam (def 2).
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