11-letter words containing w, e, s, i
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- twaite shad — a European shad
- twin cities — Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minn.
- unwitnessed — lacking the signature of a witness: an unwitnessed legal document.
- upside down — with the upper part undermost.
- vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
- waggishness — Waggish behaviour.
- wainscotted — Having a wainscot.
- waistcoated — Wearing a waistcoat.
- wait-listed — placed on a waiting list for a flight leaving an airport
- waitressing — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- 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.
- 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
- ward sister — a senior nurse in charge of a ward
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- warlikeness — the state of being warlike
- waspishness — The quality of being waspish.
- wasserstein — Wendy, 1950–2006, U.S. playwright.
- water slide — flume
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- water wings — an inflatable contrivance shaped like a pair of wings, usually worn under the arms to keep the body afloat while one swims or learns to swim.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- weak sister — a vacillating person; coward.
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- wearisomely — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weatherfish — any of several loaches of the genus Misgurnus, especially the European M. fossilis, which shows increased activity in response to changes in barometric pressure.
- weatherwise — (domain) With respect to the weather.
- weaverbirds — Plural form of weaverbird.
- web du bois — William Edward Burghardt [burg-hahrd] /ˈbɜrg hɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1868–1963, U.S. educator and writer.
- web hosting — the business of providing various services, hardware, and software for websites, as storage and maintenance of site files on a server.
- 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.
- webmeisters — Plural form of webmeister.
- webmistress — a woman who designs and maintains a website.
- wedge issue — an issue that divides or causes conflict in an otherwise unified group: Abortion is a wedge issue for the Republican Party.
- weedkillers — Plural form of weedkiller.
- weekendings — weekends during which one goes away from home
- weierstrass — Karl Theodor [kahrl tey-oh-dawr] /kɑrl ˈteɪ oʊˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1815–97, German mathematician.
- weight loss — slimming
- weightiness — having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
- weismannism — the theories of heredity as expounded by Weismann, especially the theory that all inheritable characteristics are carried in the germ plasm, and that acquired characteristics cannot be inherited.
- weissmuller — Peter John ("Johnny") 1904–84, U.S. swimmer and film actor.
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- well design — Well design is the features that are considered when planning and constructing a well.