11-letter words containing w, a, t, e, r, l
- nature walk — a walk on a nature trail, especially with an experienced guide.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- otter trawl — a trawl net equipped with otter boards.
- paper towel — absorbent kitchen tissue
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- potwalloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
- power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- 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.
- screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
- still water — a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.
- stonewaller — to engage in stonewalling.
- strawflower — any of several everlasting flowers, especially an Australian composite plant, Helichrysum bracteatum, having heads of chaffy yellow, orange, red, or white flowers.
- switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
- tallow tree — a small tree, Sapium sebiferum, of the spurge family, cultivated in China and the tropics, having popcorn-shaped seeds with a waxy coating that is used for soap, candles, and oil.
- the welfare — the public agencies involved with giving such assistance
- therewithal — together with that; in addition to that.
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- torrens law — any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said land
- trackwalker — a person employed to walk over and inspect a certain section of railroad track at intervals.
- travel well — If goods such as food products travel well, they can be transported a long way without being damaged or their quality being spoiled.
- tree mallow — a malvaceous treelike plant, Lavatera arborea, of rocky coastal areas of Europe and N Africa, having a woody stem, rounded leaves, and red-purple flowers
- trombe wall — a glass-fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for radiation into a building.
- unterwalden — a canton in central Switzerland: divided into demicantons.
- 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
- wall rocket — any of several yellow-flowered European plants of the genus Diplotaxis, such as D. muralis, that grow on old walls and in waste places: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- wall street — a street in New York City, in S Manhattan: the major financial center of the U.S.
- warrantable — capable of being warranted.
- warrantless — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- wasterfully — in a wasteful manner
- water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
- water cycle — the natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor, precipitates to earth in liquid or solid form, and ultimately returns to the atmosphere through evaporation.
- water glass — a drinking glass; tumbler.
- water inlet — opening designed to let water in
- water lemon — yellow granadilla.
- water level — the surface level of any body of water.
- water louse — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
- water ouzel — dipper (def 4).
- water plant — a plant that grows in water.
- water slide — flume
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- water table — the planar, underground surface beneath which earth materials, as soil or rock, are saturated with water.
- water wheel — a wheel or turbine turned by the weight or momentum of water and used to operate machinery.
- watercolors — Plural form of watercolor.