11-letter words containing w, i, s, d, o
- shop window — storefront display
- shop-window — a window used for display of merchandise.
- show window — a display window in a store.
- simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- slow-witted — mentally slow or dull; slow in comprehension and thinking.
- snow bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
- snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
- strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- sword-point — the point of a sword
- thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- unwithstood — not opposed or resisted; not withstood
- upside down — with the upper part undermost.
- wainscotted — Having a wainscot.
- waistcoated — Wearing a waistcoat.
- web du bois — William Edward Burghardt [burg-hahrd] /ˈbɜrg hɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1868–1963, U.S. educator and writer.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- white goods — household appliances
- white sound — white noise.
- whiteboards — Plural form of whiteboard.
- widowmakers — Plural form of widowmaker.
- wildflowers — Plural form of wildflower.
- window sash — the frame holding the pane of a window.
- window seat — a seat built beneath the sill of a recessed or other window.
- window-shop — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
- windowpanes — Plural form of windowpane.
- windows 3.0 — (operating system) A complete rework of Microsoft Windows with many new facilities such as the ability to address memory beyond 640k. It was released in 1990, and vigorous development of applications by third parties helped Microsoft sell over 10 million copies.
- windows 3.1 — (operating system) A version of Microsoft Windows with many improvements over Windows 3.0, including True Type Fonts, Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and Mouse Trails for use with LCD Devices. It also saw the loss of Real Mode, which meant it would no longer run on Intel 8086 processors (did anyone ever do this anyway?). Sometimes described as "stand-alone Windows", in contrast to Windows for Workgroups 3.1. Windows 3.11 is a free bug-fix update. 3.1's successors are Windows 95 and Windows NT.
- 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.
- windsor tie — a wide, soft necktie of black silk, tied at the neck in a loose bow.
- withindoors — into or inside the house.
- 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.
- wood spirit — methyl alcohol.
- wordishness — the use or manner of using words
- world music — (sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, indigenous forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop.
- worldliness — of or relating to this world as contrasted with heaven, spiritual life, etc.; earthly; mundane.
- wrongdoings — Plural form of wrongdoing.