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11-letter words containing r, a, k

  • 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.
  • wokka board — a piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument
  • work basket — a basket for holding sewing equipment
  • work of art — a piece of creative work in the arts, especially a painting or sculpture.
  • work-harden — to toughen or strengthen (a metal) by cold-working or another mechanical process.
  • 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.
  • workarounds — Plural form of workaround.
  • workbaskets — Plural form of workbasket.
  • working day — daytime hours occupied by work
  • 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.
  • worksurface — A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers in a kitchen, that can be used to work on.
  • workwatcher — a person who observes racehorses in training
  • wreckmaster — an official who takes charge of cargo that has been thrown ashore after a shipwreck
  • wrest plank — the part of a piano in which the wrest pin is embedded
  • yastrzemskiCarl Michael ("Yaz") born 1939, U.S. baseball player.
  • yeşil irmak — a river in N Turkey, flowing northwest to the Black Sea. Length: 418 km (260 miles)
  • yoshkar-ola — a city in and the capital of the Mari Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Kazan.
  • zooplankter — an individual animal or animallike organism in plankton.
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