11-letter words containing w, e, l, s, t, a
- wall system — a modular system of shelves, some of which may be enclosed by doors, either mounted on a wall or arranged in freestanding units, for holding books, bric-a-brac, etc., and sometimes including such features as a drop-leaf desk or specially designed storage space, as to accommodate records or electronic equipment.
- wallenstein — Also, Waldstein. Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von [ahl-brekht ven-tsuh l oi-zey-bee-oo s fuh n] /ˈɑl brɛxt ˈvɛn tsəl ɔɪˈzeɪ biˌʊs fən/ (Show IPA), Duke of Friedland [freed-land,, -luh nd;; German freet-lahnt] /ˈfridˌlænd,, -lənd;; German ˈfritˌlɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1583–1634, Austrian general in the Thirty Years' War, born in Bohemia.
- 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
- warrantless — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- wasterfully — in a wasteful manner
- water glass — a drinking glass; tumbler.
- water louse — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
- water slide — flume
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- watercolors — Plural form of watercolor.
- waterlocust — a thorny honeylocust (Gleditsia aquatica), native to the SE U.S., with a dark, heavy wood that takes a high polish
- watermelons — Plural form of watermelon.
- waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- wavelengths — Plural form of wavelength.
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- 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-stated — fixed or settled: a stated price.
- welsh vault — underpitch vault.
- welwitschia — A gymnospermous plant of desert regions in southwestern Africa that has a dwarf, massive trunk, two long strap-shaped leaves, and male and female flowers in the scales of scarlet cones. It is remarkable for its ability to extract moisture from fog.
- wentletraps — Plural form of wentletrap.
- west bengal — a state in E India: formerly part of the province of Bengal. 33,805 sq. mi. (87,555 sq. km). Capital: Calcutta. Compare Bengal (def 1).
- west helena — a city in E Arkansas.
- westmorland — a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria, partially in the Lake District.
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- whistleable — Capable of being whistled.
- white slave — a woman who is sold or forced into prostitution.
- wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
- willstatter — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, German chemist: Nobel prize 1915.
- windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
- windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
- wrest plank — the part of a piano in which the wrest pin is embedded
- wrist plate — a platelike part of a mechanism, oscillating in its own plane, to which links or rods are attached by pins.
- yellow hats — the sect of Tibetan Buddhist monks established after religious reforms in the 14th century.
- yellowtails — Plural form of yellowtail.