11-letter words containing w, e, l, d, s
- slumdweller — a person who lives in a slum.
- spotted owl — a dark-brown owl (Strix occidentalis, family Strigidae) with scattered white spots and dark eyes, sometimes seen in the forests of W North America: it is an endangered species
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- sweat blood — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweat gland — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- sweat lodge — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
- sweetlambda — Sugared lambda-calculus(?).
- 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.
- swivel-eyed — having or displaying extreme or fanatical views
- thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
- twofoldness — the quality or state of being twofold
- unswallowed — not swallowed
- vowel sound — spoken language: open sound
- wait-listed — placed on a waiting list for a flight leaving an airport
- wake island — an island in the N Pacific, belonging to the U.S.: air base. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km).
- waldmeister — An herb used for flavouring wines and liqueurs.
- waldsterben — the symptoms of tree decline in central Europe from the 1970s, considered to be caused by atmospheric pollution
- walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- wanted list — a list of people being searched for by the police in connection with a crime that has been committed
- water slide — flume
- waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- weasel word — a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing.
- weddell sea — an arm of the Atlantic, E of Antarctic Peninsula.
- weedkillers — Plural form of weedkiller.
- well design — Well design is the features that are considered when planning and constructing a well.
- well suited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
- well versed — If someone is well versed in a particular subject, they know a lot about it.
- well-raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- well-seated — something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- well-served — to act as a servant.
- well-shaped — of a definite form, shape, or character (often used in combination): a U -shaped driveway.
- well-shaved — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
- well-sorted — (of sedimentary particles) uniform in size.
- well-stated — fixed or settled: a stated price.
- well-suited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
- well-tested — the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- well-versed — highly experienced, practiced, or skilled; very knowledgeable; learned: He is a well-versed scholar on the subject of biblical literature.
- wensleydale — a rich, medium-hard, white cheese with blue veins, somewhat strong in flavor.
- westmorland — a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria, partially in the Lake District.
- wheedlesome — tending to wheedle
- 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.
- wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
- wildebeests — Plural form of wildebeest.
- wildflowers — Plural form of wildflower.
- wilkes land — a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.
- windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
- windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.