11-letter words containing w, d, o, a
- widow woman — a widow.
- widowmakers — Plural form of widowmaker.
- wild carrot — an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota, of temperate regions, having clusters of white flowers and hooked fruits
- wild orange — laurel cherry.
- wild potato — a plant, Solanum jamesii, of the southwestern U.S., related to the edible cultivated potato.
- willow wand — a slender stick or rod made of willow used especially in magic or divination
- windom peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,082 feet (4292 meters).
- window back — woodwork, especially paneling, beneath the stool of a window.
- window sash — the frame holding the pane of a window.
- window seat — a seat built beneath the sill of a recessed or other window.
- windowpanes — Plural form of windowpane.
- wizard book — (publication) Hal Abelson, Gerald Sussman and Julie Sussman's "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" (MIT Press, 1984; ISBN 0-262-01077-1), an excellent computer science text used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the jacket. One of the bibles of the LISP/Scheme world. Also, less commonly, known as the Purple Book.
- wokka board — a piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument
- wonderbread — (pejorative, slang, ethnic slur) A white person.
- wonderlands — Plural form of wonderland.
- wood rabbit — a cottontail.
- woodcarving — the art or technique of carving objects by hand from wood or of carving decorations into wood.
- woodcrafter — a person who makes or carves wooden objects.
- woodswallow — any of several slate-colored songbirds of the family Artamidae, of southeastern Asia, Australia, and New Guinea, having long, pointed wings and noted for their swift, soaring flight.
- word accent — word stress.
- word search — puzzle: words hidden in grid
- word square — a set of words such that when arranged one beneath another in the form of a square they read alike horizontally and vertically.
- work-harden — to toughen or strengthen (a metal) by cold-working or another mechanical process.
- workarounds — Plural form of workaround.
- working day — daytime hours occupied by work
- working-day — workaday; everyday.
- world war i — the war (1914–18), fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, in which the Allies (principally France, Russia, Britain, Italy after 1915, and the US after 1917) defeated the Central Powers (principally Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey). The war was precipitated by the assassination of Austria's crown prince (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) at Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 and swiftly developed its major front in E France, where millions died in static trench warfare. After the October Revolution (1917) the Bolsheviks ended Russian participation in the war (Dec 15, 1917). The exhausted Central Powers agreed to an armistice on Nov 11, 1918 and quickly succumbed to internal revolution, before being forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1919) and other treaties
- world-class — ranking among the world's best; outstanding: a world-class orchestra.
- world-weary — weary of the world; bored with existence, material pleasures, etc.
- worldbeater — a person or thing that surpasses all others of like kind, as in quality, ability, or endurance.
- worm lizard — any of numerous burrowing, primarily legless lizards of the suborder Amphisbaenia, mostly inhabiting tropical areas and resembling an earthworm in shape.
- worry beads — a string of beads manipulated to relieve worry and tension.
- wraparounds — Plural form of wraparound.
- wrongheaded — wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.
- yellow card — Soccer. a yellow card shown by the referee to a player being cautioned for a violation.
- yellow-card — Soccer. a yellow card shown by the referee to a player being cautioned for a violation.
- yellowheads — Plural form of yellowhead.