11-letter words containing i, l, w
- wilkes land — a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.
- wilkinsburg — a borough in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- willfulness — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
- william iii — (William III of Orange) 1650–1702, stadholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands 1672–1702; king of England 1689–1702, joint ruler with his wife, Mary II.
- william joy — (person) (Bill Joy) Author of the C shell and vi, he was also one of the people at the University of California at Berkeley responsible for the Berkeley Software Distribution of Unix. He also wrote a book on Unix. He was a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he is still (1997) Vice-President of Research. Among his many projects for Sun have been helping to design the Network File System and the SPARC architechture. See also dinosaur.
- willimantic — a city in NE Connecticut.
- willingness — disposed or consenting; inclined: willing to go along.
- willow herb — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.
- willow wand — a slender stick or rod made of willow used especially in magic or divination
- willowbrook — a city in SW California.
- willowwacks — a wooded, uninhabited area.
- willstatter — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, German chemist: Nobel prize 1915.
- willy-nilly — in a disorganized or unplanned manner; sloppily.
- willy-willy — a severe tropical cyclone.
- winckelmann — Johann Joachim [yoh-hahn yoh-ah-khim] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm/ (Show IPA), 1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian.
- wind tunnel — a tubular chamber or structure in which a steady current of air can be maintained at a controlled velocity, equipped with devices for measuring and recording forces and moments on scale models of complete aircraft or of their parts or, sometimes, on full-scale aircraft or their parts.
- windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
- windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
- windmilling — Present participle of windmill.
- windowlight — windowpane (def 1).
- windows 4gl — (tool, database) (INGRES/Windows 4GL) A graphical tool running on top of a workstation's native windowing system, to help developers to build user interfaces to INGRES applications.
- windowsills — Plural form of windowsill.
- windshields — Plural form of windshield.
- wine cellar — a cellar for the storage of wine.
- wine cooler — a bucket for holding ice to chill a bottle of wine.
- wine gallon — a former English gallon of 160 fluid ounces: equal to the present U.S. standard gallon of 128 fluid ounces.
- wineglasses — Plural form of wineglass.
- wing collar — a stand-up collar having the front edges or corners folded down, worn by men for formal or evening dress.
- winnability — a capacity for winning or being won
- winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
- winterkills — Plural form of winterkill.
- wiper blade — the long thin part of a windscreen wiper, edged with rubber, that makes contact with the windscreen
- wire-puller — a person or thing that pulls wires.
- wirepulling — an act of pulling wires.
- wishfulness — The state or quality of being wishful; sometimes specifically wishful thinking.
- wistfulness — characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- witch alder — a shrub, Fothergilla gardenii, of the witch hazel family, native to the southeastern U.S., having spikes of white flowers that bloom before the leaves appear.
- witch hazel — a shrub, Hamamelis virginiana, of eastern North America, having toothed, egg-shaped leaves and small, yellow flowers. Compare witch hazel family.
- with a will — If you do something with a will, you do it with a lot of enthusiasm and energy.
- withdrawals — Plural form of withdrawal.
- witheringly — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- withholding — to hold back; restrain or check.
- within call — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- witlessness — lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.
- wolf spider — any of numerous ground spiders of the family Lycosidae, including the southern European tarantula, Lycosa taretula, that hunt their prey instead of using a web.
- wolfishness — The quality of being wolfish.
- womanliness — like or befitting a woman; feminine; not masculine or girlish.
- women's lib — women's liberation: rights
- wonder girl — an outstanding girl or woman
- wonderingly — In a wondering manner; with wonderment.