11-letter words containing w, a, i, l
- middlewoman — The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
- milwaukeean — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- mineral wax — ozocerite.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- misbestowal — a wrong or improper bestowal
- mishallowed — falsely hallowed or revered
- musical saw — a handsaw played as a musical instrument with a violin bow or a hammer while the saw is bent with varying tension to change the pitch.
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- new ireland — an island in the Bismarck Archipelago, in the W central Pacific Ocean NE of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. About 3800 sq. mi. (9800 sq. km).
- new realism — neorealism.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- oval window — an oval opening at the head of the cochlea, connecting the middle and inner ear, through which sound vibrations of the stapes are transmitted.
- pillow lace — bobbin lace.
- pillow lava — lava in the form of an agglomeration of rounded, pillow-shaped masses, the result of subaqueous or subglacial volcanic eruption.
- pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
- pillow talk — private conversation, endearments, or confidences exchanged in bed or in intimate circumstances between spouses or lovers.
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- plain weave — the most common and tightest of basic weave structures in which the filling threads pass over and under successive warp threads and repeat the same pattern with alternate threads in the following row, producing a checkered surface.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- prairie owl — burrowing owl.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
- right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
- saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.
- sei (whale) — a rorqual (Balaenoptera borealis) with a light-gray or bluish back, found in all seas
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- snowballing — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
- social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
- social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
- stanislaw i — (Stanislaw Leszczynski) Stanislaus I.
- stanislawow — Polish name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
- still water — a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.
- swallowtail — the tail of a swallow or a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow.
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- sweet basil — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- swiss lapis — cracked quartz, stained blue in imitation of lapis lazuli.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.