11-letter words containing k, i, w
- whiskeyjack — (US) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- white shark — great white shark.
- white stick — a walking stick used by a blind person for feeling the way: painted white as a sign to others that the person is blind
- white stock — a stock of veal bones, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings: used as the basis for sauces and soups.
- white stork — a large Eurasian stork, Ciconia ciconia, having white plumage with black in the wings and a red bill.
- widowmakers — Plural form of widowmaker.
- wild turkey — the ancestral species of the domesticated turkey. Compare turkey (def 1).
- wilkes land — a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.
- wilkinsburg — a borough in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- willowbrook — a city in SW California.
- willowwacks — a wooded, uninhabited area.
- winckelmann — Johann Joachim [yoh-hahn yoh-ah-khim] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm/ (Show IPA), 1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian.
- wind-broken — having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.
- wind-shaken — affected by windshake.
- windbreaker — A wind -resistant jacket with a close-fitting neck, waistband, and cuffs.
- windom peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,082 feet (4292 meters).
- window back — woodwork, especially paneling, beneath the stool of a window.
- wine bucket — A wine bucket is a container that holds ice cubes or cold water and ice. You can use it to put bottles of wine in and keep the wine cool.
- winter park — a city in E Florida.
- winterkills — Plural form of winterkill.
- wireworking — the use of wire to make functional or decorative works
- wisecracked — Simple past tense and past participle of wisecrack.
- wisecracker — a smart or facetious remark.
- wizard book — (publication) Hal Abelson, Gerald Sussman and Julie Sussman's "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" (MIT Press, 1984; ISBN 0-262-01077-1), an excellent computer science text used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the jacket. One of the bibles of the LISP/Scheme world. Also, less commonly, known as the Purple Book.
- wonkishness — The state or condition of being wonkish.
- woodworking — the act or art of making things of wood.
- work permit — a document giving permission to work in a particular country
- workability — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- workaholics — Plural form of workaholic.
- workaholism — a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.
- working bee — a voluntary group doing a job for charity
- working day — daytime hours occupied by work
- working dog — one of any of several breeds of usually large, powerful dogs originally developed to assist people in their daily work, as draft animals, guard dogs, and guide dogs, and including the boxer, bullmastiff, Doberman pinscher, Great Dane, St. Bernard, and Siberian Husky.
- working-day — workaday; everyday.
- workmanlike — like or befitting a workman.
- workmanship — the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.
- workstation — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
- wreckfishes — Plural form of wreckfish.
- wrigglework — decorative engraving of a metal surface with repeated zigzags.
- yellowknife — a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife.