11-letter words containing w, e, k, a
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
- slack-jawed — having the mouth open, especially as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc.
- sleepwalker — the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening; somnambulism.
- spacewalker — a person who manoeuvres in space while outside but attached to a spacecraft
- spatterwork — a method of decorating whereby ink or another fluid is spattered over a medium
- spokeswoman — a woman who speaks for another person or for a group.
- stokes' law — the law that the force that retards a sphere moving through a viscous fluid is directly proportional to the velocity of the sphere, the radius of the sphere, and the viscosity of the fluid.
- sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- swan's neck — a shallow S-curve used in decorative work.
- swan-necked — having a neck that is long and elegant like that of a swan
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- sweepstakes — a sweepstakes.
- swiss steak — a thick slice of steak dredged in flour and pounded, browned, and braised with tomatoes, onions, and other vegetables.
- tae kwon do — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- take a walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- trackwalker — a person employed to walk over and inspect a certain section of railroad track at intervals.
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- unawakening — not characterized by wakefulness
- wackadoodle — (slang, pejorative) Crazy, irrational, or eccentric.
- wage packet — regular pay from an employer
- wages clerk — a worker in an office who calculates staff wages
- wake island — an island in the N Pacific, belonging to the U.S.: air base. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km).
- wakeboarder — someone who rides a wakeboard
- wakefulness — unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful.
- wakey-wakey — used for telling someone that they should wake up or should pay attention
- walk-behind — being a motor-driven machine, as a power lawn mower or a snowblower, designed for operation with the operator walking behind and guiding the machine by its handle controls.
- wall rocket — any of several yellow-flowered European plants of the genus Diplotaxis, such as D. muralis, that grow on old walls and in waste places: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- wall socket — socket (def 2b).
- warlikeness — the state of being warlike
- warriorlike — Like a warrior.
- wastebasket — a standing basket for wastepaper, small items of trash, etc.
- watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
- water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
- water snake — any of numerous and widely distributed harmless snakes of the genus Natrix, inhabiting areas in or near fresh water.
- waterlocked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- watermarked — Simple past tense and past participle of watermark.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- 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 safety — a member of a secondary, usually the deepest-playing defender, with no specific assignment at the snap of the ball, but often covering the area of the field across from the weak side of the opponent's offensive line against runs and long pass plays.
- weak sister — a vacillating person; coward.
- weak-headed — easily intoxicated by alcoholic beverages.
- 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.
- weakhearted — without courage or fortitude; fainthearted.
- weathercock — a weather vane with the figure of a rooster on it.
- weekend bag — weekender (def 3).
- well-marked — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
- well-packed — filled to capacity; full: They've had a packed theater for every performance.