11-letter words containing s, w, i
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- 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.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- way station — a station intermediate between principal stations, as on a railroad.
- weak sister — a vacillating person; coward.
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- wearisomely — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- 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.
- weatherwise — (domain) With respect to the weather.
- weaverbirds — Plural form of weaverbird.
- web du bois — William Edward Burghardt [burg-hahrd] /ˈbɜrg hɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1868–1963, U.S. educator and writer.
- web hosting — the business of providing various services, hardware, and software for websites, as storage and maintenance of site files on a server.
- web spinner — any of several slender insects, of the order Embioptera, that nest in colonies in silken webs spun with secretions from the enlarged front legs.
- webmeisters — Plural form of webmeister.
- webmistress — a woman who designs and maintains a website.
- wedge issue — an issue that divides or causes conflict in an otherwise unified group: Abortion is a wedge issue for the Republican Party.
- weedkillers — Plural form of weedkiller.
- weekendings — weekends during which one goes away from home
- weierstrass — Karl Theodor [kahrl tey-oh-dawr] /kɑrl ˈteɪ oʊˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1815–97, German mathematician.
- weight loss — slimming
- weightiness — having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
- weismannism — the theories of heredity as expounded by Weismann, especially the theory that all inheritable characteristics are carried in the germ plasm, and that acquired characteristics cannot be inherited.
- weissmuller — Peter John ("Johnny") 1904–84, U.S. swimmer and film actor.
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- well design — Well design is the features that are considered when planning and constructing a well.
- well suited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
- well-raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- well-suited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
- well-wisher — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
- wellingtons — Plural form of wellington.
- wellsprings — Plural form of wellspring.
- wellwishers — Plural form of wellwisher.
- welsh corgi — one of either of two Welsh breeds of dogs having short legs, erect ears, and a foxlike head. Compare Cardigan (def 2), Pembroke (def 3).
- welwitschia — A gymnospermous plant of desert regions in southwestern Africa that has a dwarf, massive trunk, two long strap-shaped leaves, and male and female flowers in the scales of scarlet cones. It is remarkable for its ability to extract moisture from fog.
- werewolfish — characteristic of a werewolf
- wesleyanism — the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.
- west africa — most westerly part of Africa
- west berlin — Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter.
- west covina — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- west indian — (used with a plural verb). Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
- west indies — (used with a plural verb). Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
- west riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, England.
- west-facing — orientated towards the west
- westernised — to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- westernized — to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- westernizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of westernize.
- westerville — a town in central Ohio.