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11-letter words containing w, i, t, l, e

  • lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
  • 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.
  • milky-white — of a cream or whitish colour similar to the colour of milk
  • misbestowal — a wrong or improper bestowal
  • new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
  • nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
  • nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
  • otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
  • pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
  • plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
  • power elite — a closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.
  • private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
  • right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
  • saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • self-weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
  • settle with — to pay a debt or bill to
  • shuttlewise — in the manner of a shuttle (i.e. back and forth)
  • silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
  • slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
  • slow-witted — mentally slow or dull; slow in comprehension and thinking.
  • small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
  • sow thistle — any composite plant belonging to the genus Sonchus, especially S. oleraceus, a weed having thistlelike leaves, yellow flowers, and a milky juice.
  • still water — a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.
  • sweet basil — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
  • swingletree — a whiffletree.
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
  • tangle with — get involved with
  • televiewing — the act of watching television
  • teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
  • the willies — nervousness, jitters, or fright (esp in the phrase give (or get) the willies)
  • therewithal — together with that; in addition to that.
  • thimbleweed — any of several plants having a thimble-shaped fruiting head, especially either of two white-flowered North American plants, Anemone riparia or A. virginiana.
  • third wheel — odd person out among three people
  • thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
  • tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
  • tig welding — tungsten-electrode inert gas welding: a method of welding in which the arc is maintained by a tungsten electrode and shielded from the access of air by an inert gas
  • tiggywinkle — a gene found in fish and belonging to a family of genes known as the Hedgehog family
  • timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
  • 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.
  • toilet bowl — the ceramic bowl of a toilet.
  • trelliswork — latticework.
  • trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • trifle with — treat frivolously
  • twelfthtide — the season of Twelfth Night and Twelfth Day.
  • twelve-inch — a phonograph record twelve inches in diameter, especially one with two or more remixes of the same song.
  • twill weave — one of the basic weave structures in which the filling threads are woven over and under two or more warp yarns, producing a characteristic diagonal pattern.
  • unweetingly — in an ignorant manner
  • violet wood — kingwood.
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