11-letter words containing s, w
- 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.
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- watt-second — a unit of energy equal to the energy of one watt acting for one second; the equivalent of one joule.
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- wavelengths — Plural form of wavelength.
- way station — a station intermediate between principal stations, as on a railroad.
- waywardness — The quality of being wayward.
- weak safety — a member of a secondary, usually the deepest-playing defender, with no specific assignment at the snap of the ball, but often covering the area of the field across from the weak side of the opponent's offensive line against runs and long pass plays.
- 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.
- weasel word — a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing.
- weathercast — a forecast of weather conditions, especially on radio or television.
- 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.
- weathermost — (nautical) Farthest to the windward side.
- weatherwise — (domain) With respect to the weather.
- weaverbirds — Plural form of weaverbird.
- web address — Computers. URL (def 2).
- web browser — a person or thing that browses.
- 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.
- websquatter — A person or company that engages in websquatting.
- weddell sea — an arm of the Atlantic, E of Antarctic Peninsula.
- 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.
- welcomeness — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- 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 tester — A well tester is someone whose job is to carry out regular tests on a well and monitor its performance.
- well versed — If someone is well versed in a particular subject, they know a lot about it.
- well-chosen — chosen with care, as for suitability or preciseness: He entered at a well-chosen moment.
- well-raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- well-seated — something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- well-served — to act as a servant.
- well-shaped — of a definite form, shape, or character (often used in combination): a U -shaped driveway.
- well-shaved — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
- well-sorted — (of sedimentary particles) uniform in size.
- well-spoken — speaking well, fittingly, or pleasingly: The new chairwoman was very well-spoken.