11-letter words containing w, i, d, e, s
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- weaverbirds — Plural form of weaverbird.
- web du bois — William Edward Burghardt [burg-hahrd] /ˈbɜrg hɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1868–1963, U.S. educator and writer.
- 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
- well design — Well design is the features that are considered when planning and constructing a well.
- well suited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
- well-raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- well-suited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
- west indian — (used with a plural verb). Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
- west indies — (used with a plural verb). Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
- west riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, England.
- westernised — to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- westernized — to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- when-issued — of, relating to, or noting an agreement to buy securities paid for at the time of delivery. Abbreviation: wi, w.i.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- whiskeyfied — (of a person, voice, etc) affected by excessive whisky drinking
- whist drive — a social gathering where whist is played; the winners of each hand move to different tables to play the losers of the previous hand
- white goods — household appliances
- white sound — white noise.
- whiteboards — Plural form of whiteboard.
- whitewashed — Simple past tense and past participle of whitewash.
- whitsuntide — the week beginning with Whitsunday, especially the first three days of this week.
- whittuesday — the day following Whitmonday.
- widdershins — in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.
- wide-screen — of, noting, or pertaining to motion pictures projected on a screen having greater width than height, usually in a ratio of 1 to 2.5.
- widowmakers — Plural form of widowmaker.
- wild weasel — a nickname given various U.S. military aircraft fitted with radar-detection and jamming equipment and designed to suppress enemy air defenses with missiles that home on radar emissions.
- wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
- wildebeests — Plural form of wildebeest.
- wildflowers — Plural form of wildflower.
- wilkes land — a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.
- wind chimes — mobile that makes a tinkling sound
- wind-screen — windshield.
- wind-shaken — affected by windshake.
- windjammers — Plural form of windjammer.
- windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
- windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
- window seat — a seat built beneath the sill of a recessed or other window.
- windowpanes — Plural form of windowpane.
- windscreens — Plural form of windscreen.
- windshields — Plural form of windshield.
- windsor tie — a wide, soft necktie of black silk, tied at the neck in a loose bow.
- wisecracked — Simple past tense and past participle of wisecrack.
- withstander — A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
- wolf spider — any of numerous ground spiders of the family Lycosidae, including the southern European tarantula, Lycosa taretula, that hunt their prey instead of using a web.
- wordishness — the use or manner of using words
- worldliness — of or relating to this world as contrasted with heaven, spiritual life, etc.; earthly; mundane.