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11-letter words containing r, e, t, w, i, s

  • whist drive — a social gathering where whist is played; the winners of each hand move to different tables to play the losers of the previous hand
  • whistle for — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • white frost — a heavy coating of frost.
  • white horse — a white-topped wave; whitecap.
  • white shark — great white shark.
  • white stork — a large Eurasian stork, Ciconia ciconia, having white plumage with black in the wings and a red bill.
  • white trash — a member of the class of poor whites, especially in the southern U.S.
  • whiteboards — Plural form of whiteboard.
  • whitefriars — a district in central London, England.
  • whiteprints — Plural form of whiteprint.
  • whitethorns — Plural form of whitethorn.
  • whitewasher — One who, or that which, whitewashes.
  • whitewaters — a town in SE Wisconsin.
  • wienerwurst — Vienna sausage.
  • wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
  • willstatter — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, German chemist: Nobel prize 1915.
  • windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
  • windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
  • windsor tie — a wide, soft necktie of black silk, tied at the neck in a loose bow.
  • winter oats — oats that are planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
  • winter rose — Christmas rose.
  • wintercress — any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers.
  • winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
  • winterkills — Plural form of winterkill.
  • winterreise — a song cycle (1827) by Franz Schubert, consisting of 24 songs set to poems of Wilhelm Müller.
  • wintersweet — a shrub, Chimonanthus praecox, native to China, having large leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.
  • wire-stitch — to stitch (the backs of gathered sections) by means of a machine that automatically forms staples from a continuous reel of wire.
  • with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • withershins — in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.
  • witherspoonJohn, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
  • withstander — A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
  • wrist plate — a platelike part of a mechanism, oscillating in its own plane, to which links or rods are attached by pins.
  • zwitterions — Plural form of zwitterion.
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