11-letter words containing w, e, i
- water slide — flume
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- water tiger — the larva of a predaceous diving beetle, of the genus Dytiscus.
- water wings — an inflatable contrivance shaped like a pair of wings, usually worn under the arms to keep the body afloat while one swims or learns to swim.
- water witch — a person who claims the ability to detect water underground by means of a divining rod
- water-witch — to practice water witching; work as a water witch.
- waterfinder — a dowser; water witch.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- wavy-haired — having wavy hair
- way of life — lifestyle
- weak ending — a verse ending in which the metrical stress falls on a word or syllable that would not be stressed in natural utterance, as a preposition, the object of which is carried over to the next line.
- weak sister — a vacillating person; coward.
- weak-minded — having or showing a lack of mental firmness; irresolute; vacillating.
- weak-willed — having or showing a want of firmness of will; easily swayed.
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- wearability — the durability of clothing under normal wear.
- wearisomely — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weatherfish — any of several loaches of the genus Misgurnus, especially the European M. fossilis, which shows increased activity in response to changes in barometric pressure.
- weathergirl — a young woman who presents weather forecasts
- weatherized — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherize.
- weatherwise — (domain) With respect to the weather.
- weaverbirds — Plural form of weaverbird.
- web du bois — William Edward Burghardt [burg-hahrd] /ˈbɜrg hɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1868–1963, U.S. educator and writer.
- web hosting — the business of providing various services, hardware, and software for websites, as storage and maintenance of site files on a server.
- web spinner — any of several slender insects, of the order Embioptera, that nest in colonies in silken webs spun with secretions from the enlarged front legs.
- weber river — a river in N Utah, flowing NW, joining the Ogden River and continuing into the Great Salt Lake. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- webmeisters — Plural form of webmeister.
- webmistress — a woman who designs and maintains a website.
- wedding day — the day of a wedding.
- wedge issue — an issue that divides or causes conflict in an otherwise unified group: Abortion is a wedge issue for the Republican Party.
- weed-killer — a herbicide.
- weedkillers — Plural form of weedkiller.
- weekendings — weekends during which one goes away from home
- weeping ivy — a climbing plant, Ficus benjamina, of the fig family, grown as a greenhouse or house plant for its graceful glossy leaves on slender drooping branches
- weierstrass — Karl Theodor [kahrl tey-oh-dawr] /kɑrl ˈteɪ oʊˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1815–97, German mathematician.
- weigh a ton — If you say that something weighs a ton, you mean that it is extremely heavy.
- weighbridge — a platform scale that stands flush with a road and is used for weighing trucks, livestock, etc.
- weight belt — a belt worn to control a diver's buoyancy under water, on which slotted lead weights can be slipped according to the diver's body size and weight and having a quick-release buckle for emergency discarding.
- weight down — If you weight something down, you put something heavy on it or in it in order to prevent it from moving easily.
- weight loss — slimming
- weight room — weight-training gym
- weightiness — having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
- weingartner — (Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- weismannism — the theories of heredity as expounded by Weismann, especially the theory that all inheritable characteristics are carried in the germ plasm, and that acquired characteristics cannot be inherited.
- weissmuller — Peter John ("Johnny") 1904–84, U.S. swimmer and film actor.
- welcomingly — In a welcoming manner.
- weldability — to unite or fuse (as pieces of metal) by hammering, compressing, or the like, especially after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to be united.