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10-letter words containing w, i, l, e

  • wight-isle — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
  • wikileaked — pertaining to or noting private or classified information or documents that are anonymously disclosed, especially when published on a website: WikiLeaked diplomatic cables.
  • wild beast — savage animal
  • wild brier — the dog rose, Rosa canina.
  • wild geese — any undomesticated goose, especially the greylag of Britain or the Canada goose.
  • wild goose — any undomesticated goose, especially the greylag of Britain or the Canada goose.
  • wild horse — horse which is untamed
  • wild olive — any tree resembling the olive in structure or fruit.
  • wild senna — a subshrubby senna, Cassia marilandica, of the eastern U.S., having yellow flowers.
  • wild thyme — mother-of-thyme.
  • wild water — turbulent water in a river, esp as an area for navigating in a canoe as a sport
  • wildcarded — (computing) Replaced or supplemented with a wildcard character to allow matching against a range of possible values.
  • wildcatted — Simple past tense and past participle of wildcat.
  • wildcatter — an oil prospector.
  • wildebeest — gnu.
  • wilderment — The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.
  • wilderness — a wooded area in NE Virginia: several battles fought here in 1864 between armies of Grant and Lee.
  • wildflower — the flower of a plant that normally grows in fields, forests, etc., without deliberate cultivation.
  • wilfulness — The state or condition of being wilful; stubbornness.
  • wilhelm ii — William II (def 2).
  • wilhelmina — (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria of Orange-Nassau) 1880–1962, queen of the Netherlands 1890–1948 (mother of Juliana).
  • wilhelmine — of, characteristic of, or like William II of Germany, his reign, etc.
  • willamette — a river flowing N through NW Oregon into the Columbia River at Portland. About 290 miles (465 km) long.
  • willemstad — the main island of the Netherlands Antilles, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 173 sq. mi. (448 sq. km). Capital: Willemstad.
  • willendorf — a village in NE Austria, near Krems: site of an Aurignacian settlement where a 4½ inches (11 cm) limestone statuette (Venus of Willendorf) was found.
  • willingest — Superlative form of willing.
  • willowherb — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.
  • willowlike — Resembling a willow tree or some aspect of one.
  • willowware — china using the willow pattern.
  • wind scale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
  • wind shelf — smoke shelf.
  • windfallen — having fallen because of wind
  • windflower — any plant belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having divided leaves and showy, solitary flowers.
  • windlassed — Simple past tense and past participle of windlass.
  • windlasses — (nautical) Plural form of windlass.
  • windlessly — Without any wind.
  • windmilled — Simple past tense and past participle of windmill.
  • windowless — an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.
  • windshield — a shield of glass, in one or more sections, projecting above and across the dashboard of an automobile.
  • wine glass — stemmed glass drinking vessel
  • winged elm — a small tree, Ulmus alata, of southeastern North America, having twigs edged with flat, corky projections.
  • winkelried — Arnold von (ˈarnɔlt fɔn). died ?1386, Swiss hero of the battle of Sempach (1386) against the Austrians
  • winkle out — If you winkle information out of someone, you get it from them when they do not want to give it to you, often by tricking them.
  • winlestrae — windlestraw.
  • winstanley — Gerrard. ?1609–60, English radical; leader of the Diggers (1649–50) and author of the pamphlet The Law of Freedom in a Platform (1652)
  • winterkill — an act or instance of winterkilling.
  • winterless — Without a winter.
  • wire cloth — a material of wires of moderate fineness, used for making strainers, manufacturing paper, etc.
  • wire glass — a pane or sheet of glass having a network of wire embedded within it as a reinforcement.
  • wire wheel — a wheellike brush having stiff wire bristles and used especially for finishing or cleaning metal.
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