11-letter words containing w, e, r, p
- tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- tiger prawn — a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- trumpetweed — any of various eupatorium plants, esp joe-pye weed
- two-pointer — a shot from inside or on the three point line, worth two points if it is made
- typewriting — the act or skill of using a typewriter.
- typewritten — A typewritten document has been typed on a typewriter or word processor.
- under wraps — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- unempowered — to give power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means: I empowered my agent to make the deal for me. The local ordinance empowers the board of health to close unsanitary restaurants.
- wage spread — the difference in wages paid to workers in an industry or profession
- wall pepper — a small Eurasian crassulaceous plant, Sedum acre, having creeping stems, yellow flowers, and acrid-tasting leaves
- wallcreeper — A Eurasian songbird related to the nuthatches, having mainly gray plumage with broad bright red wings, and living among rocks in mountainous country.
- wallpapered — Simple past tense and past participle of wallpaper.
- wander plug — an electrical plug on the end of a flexible wire, for insertion into any of a number of sockets
- water nymph — a nymph of the water, as a naiad, a Nereid, or an Oceanid.
- water paint — a pigment, as watercolor, in which water is used as the vehicle.
- water pipit — a common, sparrow-sized pipit, Anthus spinoletta, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- water plant — a plant that grows in water.
- water poppy — a Brazilian, aquatic plant, Hydrocleys nymphoides, having yellow, poppylike flowers.
- water power — the power of water used, or capable of being used, to drive machinery, turbines, etc.
- water vapor — a dispersion, in air, of molecules of water, especially as produced by evaporation at ambient temperatures rather than by boiling. Compare steam (def 2).
- waterproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waterproof.
- waterscapes — Plural form of waterscape.
- waterspouts — Plural form of waterspout.
- waxed paper — Waxed paper is the same as wax paper.
- weather map — a map or chart showing weather conditions over a wide area at a particular time, compiled from simultaneous observations at different places.
- web spinner — any of several slender insects, of the order Embioptera, that nest in colonies in silken webs spun with secretions from the enlarged front legs.
- well-priced — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- well-proven — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- wellreputed — reported or supposed to be such: the reputed author of a book.
- wellsprings — Plural form of wellspring.
- wentletraps — Plural form of wentletrap.
- wereleopard — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.
- werepanther — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between panther and human form.
- wheeltapper — (UK, rail transport) Formerly, a railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
- whimperings — Plural form of whimpering.
- whippletree — whiffletree.
- whisperings — Plural form of whispering.
- white paper — paper bleached white.
- white perch — a small game fish, Morone americana, greenish-gray above and silvery below, inhabiting streams along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- whiteprints — Plural form of whiteprint.
- wine expert — specialist or connoisseur of wines
- winepresses — Plural form of winepress.
- winnipegger — a city in and the capital of Manitoba, in S Canada, on the Red River.
- winter park — a city in E Florida.
- wiper blade — the long thin part of a windscreen wiper, edged with rubber, that makes contact with the windscreen
- wire-puller — a person or thing that pulls wires.
- wirepulling — an act of pulling wires.
- wiretapping — an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.