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

  • white slave — a woman who is sold or forced into prostitution.
  • white volta — a river in W Africa, in Ghana: a branch of the Volta River. About 550 miles (885 km) long. Compare Volta (def 2).
  • white whale — beluga (def 2).
  • white-glove — meticulous; painstaking; minute: a white-glove inspection.
  • whitechapel — a district in E London, England.
  • whitefeller — (Australia) A white settler in Australia; a non-Aboriginal Australian; often used attributively.
  • whitleather — white leather.
  • whitley bay — a resort in NE England, in North Tyneside unitary authority, Tyne and Wear, on the North Sea. Pop: 36 544 (2001)
  • wholestitch — a type of stitch producing an effect similar to woven cloth
  • wiggle-tail — wriggler (def 2).
  • wild turkey — the ancestral species of the domesticated turkey. Compare turkey (def 1).
  • wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
  • wildcrafter — One who takes part in wildcraft.
  • wildebeests — Plural form of wildebeest.
  • willstatter — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, German chemist: Nobel prize 1915.
  • wind tunnel — a tubular chamber or structure in which a steady current of air can be maintained at a controlled velocity, equipped with devices for measuring and recording forces and moments on scale models of complete aircraft or of their parts or, sometimes, on full-scale aircraft or their parts.
  • windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
  • windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
  • winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
  • winterkills — Plural form of winterkill.
  • wistfulness — characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
  • witch alder — a shrub, Fothergilla gardenii, of the witch hazel family, native to the southeastern U.S., having spikes of white flowers that bloom before the leaves appear.
  • witch hazel — a shrub, Hamamelis virginiana, of eastern North America, having toothed, egg-shaped leaves and small, yellow flowers. Compare witch hazel family.
  • witheringly — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
  • witlessness — lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.
  • world title — the winner's position in an international competition
  • wriggle out — to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
  • wrist plate — a platelike part of a mechanism, oscillating in its own plane, to which links or rods are attached by pins.
  • yellowtails — Plural form of yellowtail.
  • zinnwaldite — a yellow-brown variety of mica containing iron, found with tin ores.
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