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11-letter words containing s, w

  • whalesucker — a large, blue remora, Remora australis, that attaches itself to whales and dolphins.
  • wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.
  • wharfmaster — a person who manages a wharf
  • what's more — in addition
  • what's what — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
  • whateverism — (politics) Adherence to the Two Whatevers:
  • wheat sheaf — a sheaf of wheat
  • wheedlesome — tending to wheedle
  • wheel horse — Also called wheeler. a horse, or one of the horses, harnessed behind others and nearest the front wheels of a vehicle.
  • wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.
  • wheelhouses — Plural form of wheelhouse.
  • when-issued — of, relating to, or noting an agreement to buy securities paid for at the time of delivery. Abbreviation: wi, w.i.
  • whereabouts — about where? where?
  • wheresoever — Wherever.
  • wheyishness — the quality of being wheyish
  • whichsoever — Whichever.
  • whimberries — Plural form of whimberry.
  • whimperings — Plural form of whimpering.
  • whimsically — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
  • whirlabouts — Plural form of whirlabout.
  • whirlybirds — Plural form of whirlybird.
  • whisk broom — a small, short-handled broom used chiefly to brush clothes.
  • whiskbrooms — Plural form of whiskbroom.
  • whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
  • whiskerless — Without whiskers.
  • whiskeyfied — (of a person, voice, etc) affected by excessive whisky drinking
  • whiskeyjack — (US) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
  • whisperings — Plural form of whispering.
  • 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.
  • whistle pig — a woodchuck.
  • whistleable — Capable of being whistled.
  • whistleblow — Alternative form of whistle-blow.
  • whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
  • whistlingly — with a whistle; in a whistling manner
  • whit sunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
  • white aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
  • white frost — a heavy coating of frost.
  • white goods — household appliances
  • white horse — a white-topped wave; whitecap.
  • white house — Also called Executive Mansion. the official residence of the president of the United States, in Washington, D.C.: a large, two-story, freestone building painted white.
  • white lotus — either of two Egyptian water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, as N. caerulea (blue lotus) having light blue flowers, or N. lotus (white lotus) having white flowers.
  • white noise — Also called white sound. a steady, unvarying, unobtrusive sound, as an electronically produced drone or the sound of rain, used to mask or obliterate unwanted sounds.
  • white pages — A directory service for locating individuals by name (by analogy with the telephone directory). The Internet supports several databases that contain basic information about users, such as electronic mail addresses, telephone numbers and postal addresses. These databases can be searched to get information about particular individuals. See Knowbot, Netfind, whois, X.500, finger.
  • white sauce — a sauce made of butter, flour, seasonings, and milk or sometimes chicken or veal stock; béchamel.
  • white shark — great white shark.
  • white slave — a woman who is sold or forced into prostitution.
  • white sound — white noise.
  • white space — the unprinted area of a piece of printing, as of a poster or newspaper page, or of a portion of a piece of printing, as of an advertisement; blank space: White space is as effective in a layout as type.
  • white stick — a walking stick used by a blind person for feeling the way: painted white as a sign to others that the person is blind
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