11-letter words containing w, i, s, t
- sword-point — the point of a sword
- the swedish — the people of Sweden collectively
- the willies — nervousness, jitters, or fright (esp in the phrase give (or get) the willies)
- the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
- the yahwist — the conjectured author or authors of the earliest of four main sources or strands of tradition of which the Pentateuch is composed and in which God is called Yahweh throughout
- 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.
- 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.
- time switch — Electronics
- time waster — If you say that someone or something is a time waster, you mean that they cause you to spend a lot of time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit.
- 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.
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- toxic waste — waste material that can be harmful or deadly to living creatures and the environment
- trade winds — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- trelliswork — latticework.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- trip switch — an electric switch arranged to interrupt a circuit suddenly and disconnect power from a running machine so that the machine is stopped
- twaite shad — a European shad
- twin cities — Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minn.
- twist drill — a drill with one or more deep helical grooves in the body.
- unwithstood — not opposed or resisted; not withstood
- unwitnessed — lacking the signature of a witness: an unwitnessed legal document.
- vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
- wainscoting — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- wainscotted — Having a wainscot.
- wainwrights — Plural form of wainwright.
- waistcloths — Plural form of waistcloth.
- waistcoated — Wearing a waistcoat.
- wait-listed — placed on a waiting list for a flight leaving an airport
- waitressing — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- 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
- ward sister — a senior nurse in charge of a ward
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- washability — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- wasserstein — Wendy, 1950–2006, U.S. playwright.
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- water slide — flume
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- water wings — an inflatable contrivance shaped like a pair of wings, usually worn under the arms to keep the body afloat while one swims or learns to swim.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- way station — a station intermediate between principal stations, as on a railroad.
- weak sister — a vacillating person; coward.
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- weatherfish — any of several loaches of the genus Misgurnus, especially the European M. fossilis, which shows increased activity in response to changes in barometric pressure.