11-letter words containing w, d, i, s
- strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- swan maiden — any of a class of folkloric maidens, in many Indo-European and Asian tales, capable of being transformed into swans, as by magic or sorcery.
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- swedish ivy — any of various plants belonging to the genus Plectranthus, of the mint family, native to the Old World tropics, having rounded, scalloped or toothed leaves and widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- sweet cider — the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- swiss chard — chard.
- swiss guard — a member of a corps of bodyguards protecting the pope, with membership restricted to natives of Switzerland.
- switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- 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.
- swivel-eyed — having or displaying extreme or fanatical views
- sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- sword-point — the point of a sword
- the swedish — the people of Sweden collectively
- the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
- thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- tiddlywinks — a game played on a flat surface, in which players attempt to snap small plastic disks into a cup by pressing the edges of the disks with larger ones.
- 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.
- twaite shad — a European shad
- twist drill — a drill with one or more deep helical grooves in the body.
- unwithstood — not opposed or resisted; not withstood
- unwitnessed — lacking the signature of a witness: an unwitnessed legal document.
- upside down — with the upper part undermost.
- 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).
- waldmeister — An herb used for flavouring wines and liqueurs.
- walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- wanted list — a list of people being searched for by the police in connection with a crime that has been committed
- ward sister — a senior nurse in charge of a ward
- water slide — flume
- waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- weaverbirds — Plural form of weaverbird.
- web du bois — William Edward Burghardt [burg-hahrd] /ˈbɜrg hɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1868–1963, U.S. educator and writer.
- wedge issue — an issue that divides or causes conflict in an otherwise unified group: Abortion is a wedge issue for the Republican Party.
- weedkillers — Plural form of weedkiller.
- weekendings — weekends during which one goes away from home
- well design — Well design is the features that are considered when planning and constructing a well.
- well suited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
- well-raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- well-suited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
- west indian — (used with a plural verb). Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
- west indies — (used with a plural verb). Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.