11-letter words containing w, e, i
- wiggle nail — a fastener consisting of a piece of corrugated sheet steel with one wavy edge sharpened, for uniting two pieces of wood, as in a miter joint.
- wiggle room — room to maneuver; latitude.
- wiggle-tail — wriggler (def 2).
- wilberforce — William, 1759–1833, British statesman, philanthropist, and writer.
- wild celery — tape grass.
- wild fennel — any of several annual herbs of the genus Nigella, having dissected leaves and showy blue or white flowers.
- wild flower — the flower of a plant that normally grows in fields, forests, etc., without deliberate cultivation.
- wild ginger — any of various plants belonging to the genus Asarum, of the birthwort family, especially A. canadense, a woodland plant of eastern North America, having two heart-shaped leaves, a solitary reddish-brown flower, and a pungent rhizome.
- wild madder — madder1 (defs 1, 2).
- wild orange — laurel cherry.
- wild rubber — rubber obtained from trees growing wild.
- wild turkey — the ancestral species of the domesticated turkey. Compare turkey (def 1).
- 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.
- wild-headed — given to wild or exorbitant ideas.
- wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
- wildcrafter — One who takes part in wildcraft.
- wildebeests — Plural form of wildebeest.
- wildflowers — Plural form of wildflower.
- wilkes land — a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.
- willfulness — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
- willingness — disposed or consenting; inclined: willing to go along.
- willow herb — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.
- willstatter — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, German chemist: Nobel prize 1915.
- wimpishness — The state or quality of being wimpish.
- winckelmann — Johann Joachim [yoh-hahn yoh-ah-khim] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm/ (Show IPA), 1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian.
- wind chimes — mobile that makes a tinkling sound
- wind energy — wind power.
- wind tunnel — a tubular chamber or structure in which a steady current of air can be maintained at a controlled velocity, equipped with devices for measuring and recording forces and moments on scale models of complete aircraft or of their parts or, sometimes, on full-scale aircraft or their parts.
- wind-broken — having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.
- wind-screen — windshield.
- wind-shaken — affected by windshake.
- windbaggery — Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
- windbreaker — A wind -resistant jacket with a close-fitting neck, waistband, and cuffs.
- windcheater — a lightweight jacket for sports or other outdoor wear.
- windjammers — Plural form of windjammer.
- windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
- windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
- windom peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,082 feet (4292 meters).
- window seat — a seat built beneath the sill of a recessed or other window.
- windowpanes — Plural form of windowpane.
- windscreens — Plural form of windscreen.
- windshields — Plural form of windshield.
- windsor tie — a wide, soft necktie of black silk, tied at the neck in a loose bow.
- wine bucket — A wine bucket is a container that holds ice cubes or cold water and ice. You can use it to put bottles of wine in and keep the wine cool.
- wine cellar — a cellar for the storage of wine.
- wine cooler — a bucket for holding ice to chill a bottle of wine.
- wine expert — specialist or connoisseur of wines
- wine gallon — a former English gallon of 160 fluid ounces: equal to the present U.S. standard gallon of 128 fluid ounces.
- wine grower — a person who owns or works in a vineyard and winery.
- wine waiter — a waiter in a restaurant who is responsible for serving wine