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11-letter words containing w, e, l, a, i

  • lie in wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
  • light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
  • lignite wax — a dark-brown bituminous wax extracted from lignite and peat: used chiefly in polishes and waxes for furniture, shoes, etc.
  • limited war — a war conducted with less than a nation's total resources and restricted in aim to less than total defeat of the enemy.
  • living wage — a wage on which it is possible for a wage earner or an individual and his or her family to live at least according to minimum customary standards.
  • low-calorie — containing relatively fewer calories than comparable foods, diets, etc
  • lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
  • lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
  • meadow lily — Canada lily.
  • middlewoman — The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
  • milwaukeean — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
  • 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
  • new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
  • 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 realism — neorealism.
  • nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
  • pillow lace — bobbin lace.
  • pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
  • 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.
  • policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
  • prairie owl — burrowing owl.
  • private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
  • racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
  • rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
  • rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
  • right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
  • 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
  • sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
  • silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
  • silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
  • small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
  • snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
  • still water — a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.
  • swear blind — to assert emphatically
  • sweet basil — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
  • swivel head — A swivel head is a bearing between the traveling block and the kelly.
  • tangle with — get involved with
  • therewithal — together with that; in addition to that.
  • tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
  • twill weave — one of the basic weave structures in which the filling threads are woven over and under two or more warp yarns, producing a characteristic diagonal pattern.
  • unweariable — incapable of wearying or being wearied; tireless
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