10-letter words containing w, i, t, l, e
- westerlies — moving, directed, or situated toward the west: the westerly end of the field.
- westphalia — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- wheatfield — A wheat field; a field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
- wheel trim — metallic decorative trim over or around the wheels of a motor vehicle
- whereuntil — until which
- whewellite — a white or colorless mineral of organic origin, calcium oxalate monohydrate, Ca(C 2 O 4)⋅H 2 O, one of the main crystalline components of kidney stones and urinary precipitates; also found in coal deposits.
- whiptailed — having a long slender tail
- whistle up — to call or summon (a person or animal) by whistling
- white belt — a white cloth waistband worn by a beginner in one of the martial arts, as judo or karate.
- white cell — leukocyte
- white coal — Informal. water, as of a stream, used for power.
- white flag — an all-white banner or piece of cloth, used as a symbol of surrender or truce.
- white gold — any of several gold alloys colored white by the presence of nickel, palladium, or platinum.
- white hole — pigeonhole (def 3).
- white lady — a cocktail consisting of gin, Cointreau, and lemon juice
- white lead — a white, heavy powder, basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO 3 ⋅Pb(OH) 2 , used as a pigment, in putty, and in medicinal ointments for burns.
- white lias — a type of rock composed of pale-coloured limestones and marls
- white line — a stripe of white paint, tiles, or the like, that marks the center or outer edge of a road.
- white list — a list of novels, motion pictures, etc., deemed suitable for juveniles, members of a particular faith, or other specified groups of individuals.
- white lung — asbestosis.
- white mule — moonshine (def 1).
- white nile — the part of the Nile that flows NE to Khartoum, Sudan. About 500 miles (800 km) long.
- white sale — a sale of sheets, pillowcases, and other white goods.
- whitebelly — (zoology) Applied to various kinds of animal characterized by a white belly.
- whitefield — George, 1714–70, English Methodist evangelist.
- whiteflies — Plural form of whitefly.
- whitewalls — Plural form of whitewall.
- wiesenthal — Simon, 1908–2005, Austrian Holocaust survivor and hunter of Nazi war criminals.
- wight-isle — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
- wild beast — savage animal
- wild thyme — mother-of-thyme.
- wild water — turbulent water in a river, esp as an area for navigating in a canoe as a sport
- wildcatted — Simple past tense and past participle of wildcat.
- wildcatter — an oil prospector.
- wildebeest — gnu.
- wilderment — The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.
- willamette — a river flowing N through NW Oregon into the Columbia River at Portland. About 290 miles (465 km) long.
- willemstad — the main island of the Netherlands Antilles, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 173 sq. mi. (448 sq. km). Capital: Willemstad.
- willingest — Superlative form of willing.
- winkle out — If you winkle information out of someone, you get it from them when they do not want to give it to you, often by tricking them.
- winlestrae — windlestraw.
- winstanley — Gerrard. ?1609–60, English radical; leader of the Diggers (1649–50) and author of the pamphlet The Law of Freedom in a Platform (1652)
- winterkill — an act or instance of winterkilling.
- winterless — Without a winter.
- wire cloth — a material of wires of moderate fineness, used for making strainers, manufacturing paper, etc.
- withholden — withheld
- withholder — Agent noun of withhold; one who withholds.
- wolframite — a mineral, iron manganese tungstate, (Fe,Mn)WO 4 , occurring in heavy grayish-black to brownish-black tabular or bladed crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
- world time — Coordinated Universal Time
- worthwhile — such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book.