11-letter words containing r, a, w
- weather eye — sensitivity and alertness to signs of change in the weather.
- weather gaw — a partial rainbow
- weather map — a map or chart showing weather conditions over a wide area at a particular time, compiled from simultaneous observations at different places.
- weatherable — able to withstand the effects of weather
- weathercast — a forecast of weather conditions, especially on radio or television.
- weathercoat — Also, weathercoating. a weatherproof coating, applied especially to the exterior of a building.
- weathercock — a weather vane with the figure of a rooster on it.
- weatherfish — any of several loaches of the genus Misgurnus, especially the European M. fossilis, which shows increased activity in response to changes in barometric pressure.
- weatherford — a town in N Texas.
- weathergirl — a young woman who presents weather forecasts
- weatherized — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherize.
- weathermost — (nautical) Farthest to the windward side.
- weathervane — A revolving pointer to show the direction of the wind, typically mounted on top of a building.
- weatherwise — (domain) With respect to the weather.
- weatherworn — weather-beaten.
- weaverbirds — Plural form of weaverbird.
- web address — Computers. URL (def 2).
- web crawler — (sometimes initial capital letter) a computer program that retrieves data from a website, as in order to index web pages for a search engine.
- websquatter — A person or company that engages in websquatting.
- weierstrass — Karl Theodor [kahrl tey-oh-dawr] /kɑrl ˈteɪ oʊˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1815–97, German mathematician.
- weingartner — (Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- well argued — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- well-argued — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- well-earned — You can use well-earned to indicate that you think something is deserved, usually because the person who gets it has been working very hard.
- well-geared — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- well-marked — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
- well-raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- wentletraps — Plural form of wentletrap.
- wereleopard — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.
- werepanther — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between panther and human form.
- west africa — most westerly part of Africa
- west german — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.
- west jordan — a town in N central Utah.
- west orange — a town in NE New Jersey, near Newark.
- westermarck — Edward Alexander [ed-werd al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Finnish ed-vahrd ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈɛd wərd ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Finnish ˈɛd vɑrd ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, Finnish sociologist.
- westmorland — a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria, partially in the Lake District.
- whale shark — a tropical shark, Rhincodon typus, ranging in size from 30 to 60 feet (9 to 18 meters), having small teeth and a sievelike structure over its gills for catching plankton.
- whalesucker — a large, blue remora, Remora australis, that attaches itself to whales and dolphins.
- wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.
- wharfmaster — a person who manages a wharf
- what matter — what does it matter?
- what's more — in addition
- whateverism — (politics) Adherence to the Two Whatevers:
- wheat berry — the whole kernel of wheat, sometimes cracked or ground and used as a cereal or cooked food, or made into bread.
- wheat bread — a type of bread that consists of a mixture of enriched white flour and whole-wheat flour.
- wheat flour — powdered cereal grain
- wheat ridge — a town in central Colorado, near Denver.
- wheel brace — a tool used to loosen or tighten the nuts holding a vehicle's wheel in place
- wheelbarrow — a frame or box for conveying a load, supported at one end by a wheel or wheels, and lifted and pushed at the other by two horizontal shafts.