11-letter words containing w, e, i, l
- mineral wax — ozocerite.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- misbestowal — a wrong or improper bestowal
- mishallowed — falsely hallowed or revered
- mulled wine — wine heated with sugar and spices, often served at Christmas
- new biology — the branch of biology that deals with the nature of biological phenomena at the molecular level through the study of DNA and RNA, proteins, and other macromolecules involved in genetic information and cell function, characteristically making use of advanced tools and techniques of separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis.
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- new english — Modern English.
- new ireland — an island in the Bismarck Archipelago, in the W central Pacific Ocean NE of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. About 3800 sq. mi. (9800 sq. km).
- new milford — a town in W Connecticut.
- new realism — neorealism.
- new wrinkle — innovation
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- old swedish — the language of Sweden as spoken and written from about 1225 to 1500.
- olive brown — a dull yellowish-brown to yellowish-green colour
- olive crown — (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- overblowing — A technique for playing a wind instrument so as to produce overtones.
- overflowing — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
- pillow lace — bobbin lace.
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- pinwheeling — a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
- plain weave — the most common and tightest of basic weave structures in which the filling threads pass over and under successive warp threads and repeat the same pattern with alternate threads in the following row, producing a checkered surface.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policyowner — policyholder.
- powder mill — a mill in which gunpowder is made.
- power drill — a drill operated by a motor.
- power elite — a closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.
- prairie owl — burrowing owl.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- pupil power — the influence of or the increased status of the beliefs or actions of pupils
- purple wire — (jargon, hardware) Wire installed by IBM Field Engineers to work around problems discovered during testing or debugging. These are called "purple wires" even when (as is frequently the case) they are yellow. Compare blue wire, yellow wire, and red wire.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- reflowering — an occurrence of flowering again
- relief work — the work carried out by charities providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
- rice weevil — a brown weevil, Sitophilus oryzae, that infests, breeds in, and feeds on stored grains, especially rice.
- right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
- rose weevil — Fuller rose beetle.
- 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.
- sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.
- sei (whale) — a rorqual (Balaenoptera borealis) with a light-gray or bluish back, found in all seas
- self-weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- self-willed — stubborn or obstinate willfulness, as in pursuing one's own wishes, aims, etc.
- semi-weekly — occurring, done, appearing, or published twice a week: semiweekly visits.