11-letter words containing s, w, a, t
- waistcloths — Plural form of waistcloth.
- waistcoated — Wearing a waistcoat.
- wait-listed — placed on a waiting list for a flight leaving an airport
- waitressing — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waldmeister — An herb used for flavouring wines and liqueurs.
- waldsterben — the symptoms of tree decline in central Europe from the 1970s, considered to be caused by atmospheric pollution
- wall socket — socket (def 2b).
- wall street — a street in New York City, in S Manhattan: the major financial center of the U.S.
- wall system — a modular system of shelves, some of which may be enclosed by doors, either mounted on a wall or arranged in freestanding units, for holding books, bric-a-brac, etc., and sometimes including such features as a drop-leaf desk or specially designed storage space, as to accommodate records or electronic equipment.
- wallenstein — Also, Waldstein. Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von [ahl-brekht ven-tsuh l oi-zey-bee-oo s fuh n] /ˈɑl brɛxt ˈvɛn tsəl ɔɪˈzeɪ biˌʊs fən/ (Show IPA), Duke of Friedland [freed-land,, -luh nd;; German freet-lahnt] /ˈfridˌlænd,, -lənd;; German ˈfritˌlɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1583–1634, Austrian general in the Thirty Years' War, born in Bohemia.
- walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- walthamstow — a former borough, now part of Waltham Forest, in SE England.
- wanted list — a list of people being searched for by the police in connection with a crime that has been committed
- ward sister — a senior nurse in charge of a ward
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- warm sector — the region of warmest air bounded by the cold and warm fronts of a cyclone.
- warrantless — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- warsaw pact — an organization formed in Warsaw, Poland (1955), comprising Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the U.S.S.R., for collective defense under a joint military command.
- washability — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- wasserstein — Wendy, 1950–2006, U.S. playwright.
- waste water — water that has been used, either in the home or in industry
- waste-water — water that has been used in washing, flushing, manufacturing, etc.; sewage.
- wastebasket — a standing basket for wastepaper, small items of trash, etc.
- wasterfully — in a wasteful manner
- watch-glass — a curved glass disc that covers the dial of a watch
- watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- watchstraps — Plural form of watchstrap.
- watchtowers — Plural form of watchtower.
- water brash — heartburn (def 1).
- water glass — a drinking glass; tumbler.
- water louse — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
- water rates — the charges made for the use of water from the public water supply
- water shrew — either of two small amphibious shrews, Neomys fodiens (European water shrew) or N. anomalus (Mediterranean water shrew), having a dark pelage with paler underparts
- water slide — flume
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- water snake — any of numerous and widely distributed harmless snakes of the genus Natrix, inhabiting areas in or near fresh water.
- water wings — an inflatable contrivance shaped like a pair of wings, usually worn under the arms to keep the body afloat while one swims or learns to swim.
- watercolors — Plural form of watercolor.
- watercourse — a stream of water, as a river or brook.
- waterfronts — Plural form of waterfront.
- waterlocust — a thorny honeylocust (Gleditsia aquatica), native to the SE U.S., with a dark, heavy wood that takes a high polish
- watermelons — Plural form of watermelon.
- waterproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waterproof.
- waterscapes — Plural form of waterscape.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
- waterspouts — Plural form of waterspout.
- waterthrush — A thrushlike North American warbler related to the ovenbird, found near woodland streams and swamps.
- watson-watt — Sir Robert Alexander, 1892–1973, Scottish physicist: helped develop radar.