11-letter words containing w, e, s, m, a
- storm water — standing water produced after a heavy rainfall or snowfall
- swamp barge — A swamp barge is a vessel used for offshore drilling in very shallow water, which is towed out and then rests on the bottom.
- swamp blues — a style of slow blues originating in Louisiana
- swamp fever — leptospirosis.
- swamp maple — red maple.
- swan maiden — any of a class of folkloric maidens, in many Indo-European and Asian tales, capable of being transformed into swans, as by magic or sorcery.
- swarm spore — zoospore
- sweetlambda — Sugared lambda-calculus(?).
- time waster — If you say that someone or something is a time waster, you mean that they cause you to spend a lot of time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit.
- tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- waldmeister — An herb used for flavouring wines and liqueurs.
- 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.
- warm sector — the region of warmest air bounded by the cold and warm fronts of a cyclone.
- washerwoman — a woman who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundress.
- washerwomen — Plural form of washerwoman.
- watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
- watermelons — Plural form of watermelon.
- wearisomely — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weathermost — (nautical) Farthest to the windward side.
- 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.
- wesleyanism — the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.
- west german — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.
- westermarck — Edward Alexander [ed-werd al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Finnish ed-vahrd ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈɛd wərd ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Finnish ˈɛd vɑrd ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, Finnish sociologist.
- westmorland — a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria, partially in the Lake District.
- wet compass — a compass having a compass card floating in a liquid.
- wharfmaster — a person who manages a wharf
- what's more — in addition
- whateverism — (politics) Adherence to the Two Whatevers:
- whoremaster — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
- widowmakers — Plural form of widowmaker.
- windjammers — Plural form of windjammer.
- womanliness — like or befitting a woman; feminine; not masculine or girlish.
- wranglesome — Inclined to wrangle or squabble; quarrelsome.
- wreckmaster — an official who takes charge of cargo that has been thrown ashore after a shipwreck
- yachtswomen — Irregular plural form of yachtswoman.