11-letter words containing w, i, s, d
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
- hinshelwood — Sir Cyril Norman, 1897–1967, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- howe, denis — Denis Howe
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- ida b wells — Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
- irish tweed — a sturdy woolen fabric of light warp and dark filling, made in Ireland and used in suits and coats.
- jimson weed — a coarse, rank-smelling weed, Datura stramonium, of the nightshade family, having oaklike, poisonous leaves and tubular white or lavender flowers.
- jimsonweeds — Plural form of jimsonweed.
- lewy bodies — abnormal proteins that occur in the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia, causing Parkinson's disease and dementia
- low-density — having a low concentration.
- ludwigsburg — a city in Baden-Württemberg state, SW Germany.
- madonnawise — in the manner of a Madonna
- middle west — the region of the United States bounded on the W by the Rocky Mountains, on the S by the Ohio River and the S extremities of Missouri and Kansas, and on the E, variously, by the Allegheny Mountains, the E border of Ohio, or the E border of Illinois.
- middlebrows — Plural form of middlebrow.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mishallowed — falsely hallowed or revered
- mounds view — a town in E Minnesota.
- news editor — a person who is in charge of the news desk at a newspaper or broadcasting organization and whose job is to oversee the selection and preparation of news items for publication or broadcast
- old swedish — the language of Sweden as spoken and written from about 1225 to 1500.
- old windsor — a royal residence in the time of Edward the Confessor, 3 km (2 miles) southeast of the town of Windsor in Berkshire
- openwindows — (operating system) A graphical user interface server for Sun workstations which handles SunView, NeWS and X Window System protocols.
- radio waves — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- rain shadow — a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.
- rose window — a circular window decorated with tracery symmetrical about the center.
- sacred writ — Scripture.
- sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sash window — A sash window is a window which consists of two frames placed one above the other. The window can be opened by sliding one frame over the other.
- screwdriver — a hand tool for turning a screw, consisting of a handle attached to a long, narrow shank, usually of metal, which tapers and flattens out to a tip that fits into the slotted head of a screw.
- second wind — the return of ease in breathing after exhaustion caused by continued physical exertion, as in running.
- self-willed — stubborn or obstinate willfulness, as in pursuing one's own wishes, aims, etc.
- shipwrecked — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- shittimwood — the wood of the shittah tree, believed to be a species of acacia
- shop window — storefront display
- shop-window — a window used for display of merchandise.
- show window — a display window in a store.
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- sidewheeler — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- single-wide — a mobile home used as a permanent residence.
- six day war — a war fought in June, 1967, between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, in which Israel captured large tracts of Arab territory.
- six-day war — a war fought in June, 1967, between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, in which Israel captured large tracts of Arab territory.
- 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
- spider wasp — any of certain wasps, especially of the family Pompilidae, that provision their nests with paralyzed spiders.
- stem-winder — a stemwinding watch.
- stemwinding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
- stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.