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11-letter words containing w, o, e

  • willow herb — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.
  • wind-broken — having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.
  • windom peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,082 feet (4292 meters).
  • window seat — a seat built beneath the sill of a recessed or other window.
  • windowpanes — Plural form of windowpane.
  • windsor tie — a wide, soft necktie of black silk, tied at the neck in a loose bow.
  • wine cooler — a bucket for holding ice to chill a bottle of wine.
  • wine gallon — a former English gallon of 160 fluid ounces: equal to the present U.S. standard gallon of 128 fluid ounces.
  • wine grower — a person who owns or works in a vineyard and winery.
  • winegrowing — the work or business of a winegrower.
  • wing covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's wing feathers.
  • wing-footed — having winged feet.
  • winsomeness — The quality of being winsome.
  • winter moth — a brown geometrid moth, Operophtera brumata, of which the male is often seen against lighted windows in winter, the female being wingless
  • winter oats — oats that are planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
  • winter rose — Christmas rose.
  • wireworking — the use of wire to make functional or decorative works
  • witenagemot — the assembly of the witan; the national council attended by the king, aldermen, bishops, and nobles.
  • with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • witherspoonJohn, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
  • witness box — witness stand.
  • witness-box — witness stand.
  • wobble pump — an auxiliary hand pump for supplying fuel to the carburetor of an aircraft engine when the automatic pumping mechanism fails.
  • wolf spider — any of numerous ground spiders of the family Lycosidae, including the southern European tarantula, Lycosa taretula, that hunt their prey instead of using a web.
  • wolfishness — The quality of being wolfish.
  • woman-hater — a person, especially a man, who dislikes women; misogynist.
  • womanliness — like or befitting a woman; feminine; not masculine or girlish.
  • women's lib — women's liberation: rights
  • wonder drug — a drug, usually recently discovered or developed, noted for its startling curative effect, as an antibiotic or sulfa drug.
  • wonder girl — an outstanding girl or woman
  • wonderberry — the black, edible fruit of an improved garden variety of the black nightshade.
  • wonderbread — (pejorative, slang, ethnic slur) A white person.
  • wonderfully — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
  • wonderingly — In a wondering manner; with wonderment.
  • wonderlands — Plural form of wonderland.
  • wonderworks — Plural form of wonderwork.
  • wonkishness — The state or condition of being wonkish.
  • wood betony — the betony, Stachys officinalis.
  • wood grouse — the capercaillie.
  • wood hoopoe — any of several tropical, African birds of the family Phoeniculidae, having metallic, blackish plumage and slender, curved bills.
  • wood pigeon — Also called ringdove. a European pigeon, Columba palumbus, having a whitish patch on each side of the neck.
  • wood sorrel — any of numerous plants of the genus Oxalis, especially O. acetosella, of Eurasia, having heart-shaped, trifoliolate leaves and white, pink-veined flowers.
  • woodchipper — a motor-driven machine that cuts wood into chips.
  • woodchopper — a person who chops wood, especially one who fells trees.
  • woodcrafter — a person who makes or carves wooden objects.
  • woodcreeper — any of numerous New World tropical songbirds of the family Dendrocolaptidae, having stiffened tail feathers and creeperlike habits.
  • woodcutters — Plural form of woodcutter.
  • wooden shoe — sabot (def 1).
  • woodpeckers — Plural form of woodpecker.
  • woodshedded — Simple past tense and past participle of woodshed.
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