11-letter words containing r, w, d
- withstander — A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
- 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
- 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.
- wonder drug — a drug, usually recently discovered or developed, noted for its startling curative effect, as an antibiotic or sulfa drug.
- wonder girl — an outstanding girl or woman
- wonderberry — the black, edible fruit of an improved garden variety of the black nightshade.
- wonderbread — (pejorative, slang, ethnic slur) A white person.
- wonderfully — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
- wonderingly — In a wondering manner; with wonderment.
- wonderlands — Plural form of wonderland.
- wonderworks — Plural form of wonderwork.
- wood grouse — the capercaillie.
- wood rabbit — a cottontail.
- wood sorrel — any of numerous plants of the genus Oxalis, especially O. acetosella, of Eurasia, having heart-shaped, trifoliolate leaves and white, pink-veined flowers.
- wood spirit — methyl alcohol.
- wood thrush — a large thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, common in woodlands of eastern North America, and noted for its melodious song.
- woodcarving — the art or technique of carving objects by hand from wood or of carving decorations into wood.
- woodchipper — a motor-driven machine that cuts wood into chips.
- woodchopper — a person who chops wood, especially one who fells trees.
- woodcrafter — a person who makes or carves wooden objects.
- woodcreeper — any of numerous New World tropical songbirds of the family Dendrocolaptidae, having stiffened tail feathers and creeperlike habits.
- woodcutters — Plural form of woodcutter.
- woodpeckers — Plural form of woodpecker.
- woodturning — The action of shaping wood with a lathe.
- woodworking — the act or art of making things of wood.
- word accent — word stress.
- word of god — the, word (def 11).
- word search — puzzle: words hidden in grid
- word square — a set of words such that when arranged one beneath another in the form of a square they read alike horizontally and vertically.
- word stress — the stress pattern or patterns associated with the words of a particular language when they are considered in isolation.
- wordishness — the use or manner of using words
- wordperfect — 1. (text, tool, product) A word processor for a wide range of computers. The first version was sold in 1980 for Data General machines, and by the end of 1993 versions were on sale for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh computers. WordPerfect 6.0 for Unix was scheduled for introduction in May 1994. Versions: WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows, WordPerfect 3.1 for Macintosh/Power Macintosh, WordPerfect 6.0 for UNIX, WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS, WordPerfect 7.0 for Windows 95. 2. WordPerfect Corporation.
- work-harden — to toughen or strengthen (a metal) by cold-working or another mechanical process.
- workarounds — Plural form of workaround.
- 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.
- world court — an international tribunal established under the Covenant of the League of Nations and replaced in 1945 by the International Court of Justice.
- world music — (sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, indigenous forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop.
- world point — (in relativity) a point in space-time, specified by three space coordinates and a time coordinate. Compare event (def 4).
- world power — a nation, organization, or institution so powerful that it is capable of influencing or changing the course of world events.
- world title — the winner's position in an international competition
- world war i — the war (1914–18), fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, in which the Allies (principally France, Russia, Britain, Italy after 1915, and the US after 1917) defeated the Central Powers (principally Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey). The war was precipitated by the assassination of Austria's crown prince (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) at Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 and swiftly developed its major front in E France, where millions died in static trench warfare. After the October Revolution (1917) the Bolsheviks ended Russian participation in the war (Dec 15, 1917). The exhausted Central Powers agreed to an armistice on Nov 11, 1918 and quickly succumbed to internal revolution, before being forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1919) and other treaties
- world-class — ranking among the world's best; outstanding: a world-class orchestra.
- world-weary — weary of the world; bored with existence, material pleasures, etc.
- worldbeater — a person or thing that surpasses all others of like kind, as in quality, ability, or endurance.
- worldliness — of or relating to this world as contrasted with heaven, spiritual life, etc.; earthly; mundane.
- worm lizard — any of numerous burrowing, primarily legless lizards of the suborder Amphisbaenia, mostly inhabiting tropical areas and resembling an earthworm in shape.
- worm powder — a powder given to animals to eradicate parasitic worms