11-letter words containing w, e, a, s, l
- wall system — a modular system of shelves, some of which may be enclosed by doors, either mounted on a wall or arranged in freestanding units, for holding books, bric-a-brac, etc., and sometimes including such features as a drop-leaf desk or specially designed storage space, as to accommodate records or electronic equipment.
- wallenstein — Also, Waldstein. Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von [ahl-brekht ven-tsuh l oi-zey-bee-oo s fuh n] /ˈɑl brɛxt ˈvɛn tsəl ɔɪˈzeɪ biˌʊs fən/ (Show IPA), Duke of Friedland [freed-land,, -luh nd;; German freet-lahnt] /ˈfridˌlænd,, -lənd;; German ˈfritˌlɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1583–1634, Austrian general in the Thirty Years' War, born in Bohemia.
- wallflowers — Plural form of wallflower.
- 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
- warlikeness — the state of being warlike
- warrantless — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- wasterfully — in a wasteful manner
- water glass — a drinking glass; tumbler.
- water louse — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
- water slide — flume
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- watercolors — Plural form of watercolor.
- waterlocust — a thorny honeylocust (Gleditsia aquatica), native to the SE U.S., with a dark, heavy wood that takes a high polish
- watermelons — Plural form of watermelon.
- waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- wavelengths — Plural form of wavelength.
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- wearisomely — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weasel word — a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing.
- weddell sea — an arm of the Atlantic, E of Antarctic Peninsula.
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- well-raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- well-seated — something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- well-shaped — of a definite form, shape, or character (often used in combination): a U -shaped driveway.
- well-shaved — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
- well-stated — fixed or settled: a stated price.
- welsh black — a breed of black cattle originally from N Wales that are bred for both meat and milk
- welsh vault — underpitch vault.
- welwitschia — A gymnospermous plant of desert regions in southwestern Africa that has a dwarf, massive trunk, two long strap-shaped leaves, and male and female flowers in the scales of scarlet cones. It is remarkable for its ability to extract moisture from fog.
- wensleydale — a rich, medium-hard, white cheese with blue veins, somewhat strong in flavor.
- wentletraps — Plural form of wentletrap.
- wesleyanism — the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.
- west bengal — a state in E India: formerly part of the province of Bengal. 33,805 sq. mi. (87,555 sq. km). Capital: Calcutta. Compare Bengal (def 1).
- west helena — a city in E Arkansas.
- westmorland — a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria, partially in the Lake District.
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- whale shark — a tropical shark, Rhincodon typus, ranging in size from 30 to 60 feet (9 to 18 meters), having small teeth and a sievelike structure over its gills for catching plankton.
- whalesucker — a large, blue remora, Remora australis, that attaches itself to whales and dolphins.
- wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.
- whistleable — Capable of being whistled.
- white slave — a woman who is sold or forced into prostitution.
- wholegrains — Wholegrains are the grains of cereals such as wheat and maize that have not been processed.
- wholesalers — Plural form of wholesaler.
- wholesaling — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- wild weasel — a nickname given various U.S. military aircraft fitted with radar-detection and jamming equipment and designed to suppress enemy air defenses with missiles that home on radar emissions.
- wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
- wilkes land — a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.