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11-letter words containing w, a, d, e

  • sweat gland — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
  • sweat lodge — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
  • sweetlambda — Sugared lambda-calculus(?).
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
  • swivel head — A swivel head is a bearing between the traveling block and the kelly.
  • sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
  • swordbearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
  • tae kwon do — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
  • the tynwald — the Parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of the crown, lieutenant governor, House of Keys, and legislative council
  • thitherward — Also, thitherward [thith -er-werd, th ith -] /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/ (Show IPA), thitherwards. to or toward that place or point; there.
  • throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
  • throw shade — to make a public show of contempt
  • tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
  • trade winds — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
  • tread water — to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
  • twaite shad — a European shad
  • twelfth day — the 12th day after Christmas, January 6, on which the festival of the Epiphany is celebrated: formerly observed as the last day of the Christmas festivities.
  • under watch — If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
  • under wraps — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
  • under-drawn — to line the underside of (a structure, as a floor) with plasterwork, boarding, or the like.
  • unpathwayed — unpathed, pathless
  • unrewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
  • unswallowed — not swallowed
  • unterwalden — a canton in central Switzerland: divided into demicantons.
  • unwandering — not wandering or roving, remaining in one place
  • unwarranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
  • unweathered — not weathered; not changed by exposure to the weather
  • unwedgeable — unable to be split or divided by wedges
  • unwoundable — incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
  • valley wind — a wind that ascends a mountain valley during the day.
  • vinegarweed — a plant, Trichostema lanceolatum, of the mint family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having clusters of blue flowers with long, protruding filaments and growing in dry, sandy soil.
  • wackadoodle — (slang, pejorative) Crazy, irrational, or eccentric.
  • wage spread — the difference in wages paid to workers in an industry or profession
  • wainscotted — Having a wainscot.
  • waistcoated — Wearing a waistcoat.
  • wait-listed — placed on a waiting list for a flight leaving an airport
  • wake island — an island in the N Pacific, belonging to the U.S.: air base. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km).
  • wakeboarder — someone who rides a wakeboard
  • waldemar ii — known as Waldemar the Victorious. 1170–1241, king of Denmark (1202–41); son of Waldemar I. He extended the Danish empire, conquering much of Estonia (1219)
  • waldemar iv — surnamed Atterdag. ?1320–75, king of Denmark (1340–75), who reunited the Danish territories but was defeated (1368) by a coalition of his Baltic neighbours
  • walden pond — a pond in NE Massachusetts, near Concord: site of Thoreau's cottage and inspiration for his book Walden, or Life in the Woods.
  • waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
  • 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
  • walk-behind — being a motor-driven machine, as a power lawn mower or a snowblower, designed for operation with the operator walking behind and guiding the machine by its handle controls.
  • wallpapered — Simple past tense and past participle of wallpaper.
  • walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
  • wand reader — wand (def 6).
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