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11-letter words containing w, i, t

  • vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
  • vietnam war — a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam.
  • view factor — The view factor is the degree to which heat carried by radiation can be passed between two surfaces.
  • violet wood — kingwood.
  • vote-winner — a popular action that could secure votes for a person or party
  • vowel point — any of a group of auxiliary symbols, as small lines and dots, placed above or below consonant symbols to indicate vowels in a writing system, as that of Hebrew or Arabic, in which vowels are otherwise not written.
  • vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
  • wagon train — a train of wagons and horses, as one carrying military supplies or transporting settlers in the westward migration.
  • wagonwright — a person who makes wagons
  • 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 around — If you wait around or wait about, you stay in the same place, usually doing very little, because you cannot act before something happens or before someone arrives.
  • wait for it — You say 'wait for it' to stop someone from doing something too soon because you have not yet given them the command to do it.
  • 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.
  • walkability — capable of being traveled, crossed, or covered by walking: a walkable road; a walkable distance.
  • 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
  • war cabinet — government wartime committee
  • war footing — the condition or status of a military force or other organization when operating under a state of war or as if a state of war existed.
  • ward sister — a senior nurse in charge of a ward
  • warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
  • warfighting — (military) The fighting of a war.
  • warrantying — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
  • washability — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
  • wassersteinWendy, 1950–2006, U.S. playwright.
  • watch chain — a chain, frequently of gold or silver, attached to a pocket watch, serving as an ornament and, when passed through a buttonhole in the vest, as a guard against loss or theft of the watch.
  • watch night — the last night of the year, observed in a watch meeting.
  • watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.
  • watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
  • water inlet — opening designed to let water in
  • water paint — a pigment, as watercolor, in which water is used as the vehicle.
  • water pipit — a common, sparrow-sized pipit, Anthus spinoletta, of the Northern Hemisphere.
  • water right — the right to make use of the water from a particular stream, lake, or irrigation canal.
  • water slide — flume
  • water snail — Archimedes' screw.
  • water tiger — the larva of a predaceous diving beetle, of the genus Dytiscus.
  • 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.
  • water witch — a person who claims the ability to detect water underground by means of a divining rod
  • water-witch — to practice water witching; work as a water witch.
  • waterfinder — a dowser; water witch.
  • waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
  • waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
  • watsonville — a city in W California.
  • wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
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