11-letter words containing w, e, t, a, r
- tower wagon — a trailer carrying an extensible ladder for use in firefighting, photography, repairing overhead wires, trimming trees, etc. Compare cherry picker (def 2).
- trackwalker — a person employed to walk over and inspect a certain section of railroad track at intervals.
- trade winds — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- travel well — If goods such as food products travel well, they can be transported a long way without being damaged or their quality being spoiled.
- tread water — to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
- tree mallow — a malvaceous treelike plant, Lavatera arborea, of rocky coastal areas of Europe and N Africa, having a woody stem, rounded leaves, and red-purple flowers
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- trombe wall — a glass-fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for radiation into a building.
- under watch — If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
- unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- unterwalden — a canton in central Switzerland: divided into demicantons.
- unwarranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- unweathered — not weathered; not changed by exposure to the weather
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- vietnam war — a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam.
- view factor — The view factor is the degree to which heat carried by radiation can be passed between two surfaces.
- waitressing — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- 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
- wall rocket — any of several yellow-flowered European plants of the genus Diplotaxis, such as D. muralis, that grow on old walls and in waste places: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- wall street — a street in New York City, in S Manhattan: the major financial center of the U.S.
- war cabinet — government wartime committee
- ward sister — a senior nurse in charge of a ward
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- warm sector — the region of warmest air bounded by the cold and warm fronts of a cyclone.
- warmhearted — having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.
- warrantable — capable of being warranted.
- warrantless — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- wasserstein — Wendy, 1950–2006, U.S. playwright.
- waste water — water that has been used, either in the home or in industry
- waste-water — water that has been used in washing, flushing, manufacturing, etc.; sewage.
- wasterfully — in a wasteful manner
- watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
- watchtowers — Plural form of watchtower.
- water brash — heartburn (def 1).
- water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
- water cycle — the natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor, precipitates to earth in liquid or solid form, and ultimately returns to the atmosphere through evaporation.
- water gauge — any device for indicating the height of water in a reservoir, tank, boiler, or other vessel.
- water glass — a drinking glass; tumbler.
- water inlet — opening designed to let water in
- water lemon — yellow granadilla.
- water level — the surface level of any body of water.
- water louse — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
- water meter — a device for measuring and registering the quantity of water that passes through a pipe or other outlet.
- water motor — any form of prime mover or motor that is operated by the kinetic energy, pressure, or weight of water, especially a small turbine or waterwheel fitted to a pipe supplying water.
- water nymph — a nymph of the water, as a naiad, a Nereid, or an Oceanid.
- water ouzel — dipper (def 4).
- water paint — a pigment, as watercolor, in which water is used as the vehicle.