11-letter words containing w, i, l, n
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- wheelie bin — refuse bin on wheels
- whistlingly — with a whistle; in a whistling manner
- whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
- whole-grain — of or being natural or unprocessed grain containing the germ and bran.
- 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).
- wiggle nail — a fastener consisting of a piece of corrugated sheet steel with one wavy edge sharpened, for uniting two pieces of wood, as in a miter joint.
- wild fennel — any of several annual herbs of the genus Nigella, having dissected leaves and showy blue or white flowers.
- wild ginger — any of various plants belonging to the genus Asarum, of the birthwort family, especially A. canadense, a woodland plant of eastern North America, having two heart-shaped leaves, a solitary reddish-brown flower, and a pungent rhizome.
- wild indigo — any of several plants belonging to the genus Baptisia, of the legume family, especially B. tinctoria, having yellow flowers.
- wild orange — laurel cherry.
- wildfowling — Present participle of wildfowl.
- wilkes land — a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.
- wilkinsburg — a borough in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- willfulness — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
- willimantic — a city in NE Connecticut.
- willingness — disposed or consenting; inclined: willing to go along.
- willow wand — a slender stick or rod made of willow used especially in magic or divination
- willy-nilly — in a disorganized or unplanned manner; sloppily.
- winckelmann — Johann Joachim [yoh-hahn yoh-ah-khim] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm/ (Show IPA), 1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian.
- wind tunnel — a tubular chamber or structure in which a steady current of air can be maintained at a controlled velocity, equipped with devices for measuring and recording forces and moments on scale models of complete aircraft or of their parts or, sometimes, on full-scale aircraft or their parts.
- windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
- windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
- windmilling — Present participle of windmill.
- windowlight — windowpane (def 1).
- windows 4gl — (tool, database) (INGRES/Windows 4GL) A graphical tool running on top of a workstation's native windowing system, to help developers to build user interfaces to INGRES applications.
- windowsills — Plural form of windowsill.
- windshields — Plural form of windshield.
- wine cellar — a cellar for the storage of wine.
- wine cooler — a bucket for holding ice to chill a bottle of wine.
- wine gallon — a former English gallon of 160 fluid ounces: equal to the present U.S. standard gallon of 128 fluid ounces.
- wineglasses — Plural form of wineglass.
- wing collar — a stand-up collar having the front edges or corners folded down, worn by men for formal or evening dress.
- winnability — a capacity for winning or being won
- winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
- winterkills — Plural form of winterkill.
- wirepulling — an act of pulling wires.
- wishfulness — The state or quality of being wishful; sometimes specifically wishful thinking.
- wistfulness — characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- witheringly — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- withholding — to hold back; restrain or check.
- within call — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- witlessness — lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.
- wolfishness — The quality of being wolfish.
- womanliness — like or befitting a woman; feminine; not masculine or girlish.
- women's lib — women's liberation: rights
- wonder girl — an outstanding girl or woman
- wonderingly — In a wondering manner; with wonderment.
- workmanlike — like or befitting a workman.