11-letter words containing w, a, r, i, e
- eco-warrior — An eco-warrior is someone who spends a lot of time working actively for environmental causes.
- ecowarriors — Plural form of ecowarrior.
- edward viii — (Duke of Windsor) 1894–1972, king of Great Britain 1936: abdicated (son of George V; brother of George VI).
- enwrappings — any hidden things, both tangible and intangible
- eveningwear — Clothes suitable for a formal occasion in the evening.
- fairweather — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska. 15,292 feet (4660 meters).
- fiesta ware — molded, opaque-glazed earthenware produced in a wide range of colors from 1936 to 1969.
- finedrawing — Present participle of finedraw.
- finger wave — a wave set by impressing the fingers into hair dampened by lotion or water.
- fire warden — an official assigned to prevent or fight fires, as in a forest, logging operation, camp, or town
- firewatcher — A person who looks for the onset of fires, normally from a high vantage point.
- first water — (formerly) the highest degree of fineness in a diamond or other precious stone. Compare water (def 13).
- fish warden — a public official who enforces game laws relating to fish.
- fisherwoman — a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- forewarning — to warn in advance.
- forswearing — Present participle of forswear.
- fritterware — An excess of capability that serves no productive end. The canonical example is font-diddling software on the Mac (see macdink); the term describes anything that eats huge amounts of time for quite marginal gains in function but seduces people into using it anyway. See also window shopping.
- giftwrapped — wrapped attractively in pretty paper, perhaps with ribbons or other decorations
- graniteware — a kind of ironware with a gray, stonelike enamel.
- grindelwald — a valley and resort in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland: mountaineering centre, with the Wetterhorn and the Eiger nearby
- gripe water — a solution given to infants to relieve colic
- guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
- hack writer — a writer of undistinguished literary work produced to order
- hairweaving — the attachment of matching hair to a base of nylon thread interwoven with a person's own hair, as to cover a bald area or to add length: Three of the makeovers involved hairweaving.
- handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
- handwritten — to write (something) by hand.
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- head waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- head-waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
- heir at law — a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.
- heir-at-law — a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.
- hill walker — a person who takes part in hill walking
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
- include war — Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers. In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file.
- inner woman — a woman's mind, soul, or nature
- interweaved — to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
- interweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interweave.
- inward dive — a dive in which the athlete stands with back to the water, takes off, and rotates toward the board.
- jesuit ware — Chinese porcelain of the early 18th century, decorated with Christian motifs, usually in black and gold on a white background.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- lawyer vine — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- leisurewear — casual clothes that are designed for wear during leisure time.
- lewis range — a mountain range in NW Montana, a front range of the N Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Cleveland, 10,466 feet (3192 meters).