11-letter words containing w, i, l, e, s
- wanted list — a list of people being searched for by the police in connection with a crime that has been committed
- warlikeness — the state of being warlike
- water slide — flume
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- wearisomely — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weedkillers — Plural form of weedkiller.
- weight loss — slimming
- 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.
- 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.
- well-wisher — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
- wellingtons — Plural form of wellington.
- wellsprings — Plural form of wellspring.
- wellwishers — Plural form of wellwisher.
- welsh corgi — one of either of two Welsh breeds of dogs having short legs, erect ears, and a foxlike head. Compare Cardigan (def 2), Pembroke (def 3).
- welwitschia — A gymnospermous plant of desert regions in southwestern Africa that has a dwarf, massive trunk, two long strap-shaped leaves, and male and female flowers in the scales of scarlet cones. It is remarkable for its ability to extract moisture from fog.
- werewolfish — characteristic of a werewolf
- wesleyanism — the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.
- west berlin — Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter.
- westerville — a town in central Ohio.
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- westpolitik — a policy of a Communist country of adopting trade and diplomatic relations with non-Communist nations.
- wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.
- whiskerless — Without whiskers.
- whistle for — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- whistle pig — a woodchuck.
- whistleable — Capable of being whistled.
- whistleblow — Alternative form of whistle-blow.
- whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
- white lotus — either of two Egyptian water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, as N. caerulea (blue lotus) having light blue flowers, or N. lotus (white lotus) having white flowers.
- white slave — a woman who is sold or forced into prostitution.
- whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
- wholegrains — Wholegrains are the grains of cereals such as wheat and maize that have not been processed.
- wholesaling — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- wholestitch — a type of stitch producing an effect similar to woven cloth
- 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.
- willfulness — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
- willingness — disposed or consenting; inclined: willing to go along.
- willstatter — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, German chemist: Nobel prize 1915.