11-letter words containing w, i, l, s, t
- the willies — nervousness, jitters, or fright (esp in the phrase give (or get) the willies)
- thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
- tiddlywinks — a game played on a flat surface, in which players attempt to snap small plastic disks into a cup by pressing the edges of the disks with larger ones.
- tin whistle — A tin whistle is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a metal pipe with holes. You play the tin whistle by blowing into it. Tin whistles make a high sound and are often used in folk music, for example Irish music.
- trelliswork — latticework.
- twist drill — a drill with one or more deep helical grooves in the body.
- vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
- waistcloths — Plural form of waistcloth.
- wait-listed — placed on a waiting list for a flight leaving an airport
- waldmeister — An herb used for flavouring wines and liqueurs.
- wallenstein — Also, Waldstein. Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von [ahl-brekht ven-tsuh l oi-zey-bee-oo s fuh n] /ˈɑl brɛxt ˈvɛn tsəl ɔɪˈzeɪ biˌʊs fən/ (Show IPA), Duke of Friedland [freed-land,, -luh nd;; German freet-lahnt] /ˈfridˌlænd,, -lənd;; German ˈfritˌlɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1583–1634, Austrian general in the Thirty Years' War, born in Bohemia.
- walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- wanted list — a list of people being searched for by the police in connection with a crime that has been committed
- washability — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- 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.
- weight loss — slimming
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- well suited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
- well-suited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
- wellingtons — Plural form of wellington.
- 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.
- 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.
- whirlabouts — Plural form of whirlabout.
- 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.
- whistlingly — with a whistle; in a whistling manner
- 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.
- wholestitch — a type of stitch producing an effect similar to woven cloth
- wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
- wildebeests — Plural form of wildebeest.
- willstatter — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, German chemist: Nobel prize 1915.
- windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
- windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
- winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
- winterkills — Plural form of winterkill.
- wistfulness — characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- withdrawals — Plural form of withdrawal.
- witlessness — lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.