11-letter words containing w, o, p
- up and down — moving in or related to a direction that is up or is regarded as up: the up elevator; the up train traveling north; the up platform of a railroad station.
- up-and-down — moving alternately up and down: the up-and-down swing of levers; an up-and-down tune.
- upside down — with the upper part undermost.
- 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.
- wading pool — a small, shallow pool for children to wade and play in.
- walden pond — a pond in NE Massachusetts, near Concord: site of Thoreau's cottage and inspiration for his book Walden, or Life in the Woods.
- water poppy — a Brazilian, aquatic plant, Hydrocleys nymphoides, having yellow, poppylike flowers.
- water power — the power of water used, or capable of being used, to drive machinery, turbines, etc.
- water vapor — a dispersion, in air, of molecules of water, especially as produced by evaporation at ambient temperatures rather than by boiling. Compare steam (def 2).
- waterproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waterproof.
- waterspouts — Plural form of waterspout.
- well-copied — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
- well-proven — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- well-spoken — speaking well, fittingly, or pleasingly: The new chairwoman was very well-spoken.
- welsh poppy — a poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, of western Europe, having pale-green, slightly hairy foliage and pale-yellow flowers.
- weltpolitik — the policy of participation in world affairs
- wereleopard — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.
- westpolitik — a policy of a Communist country of adopting trade and diplomatic relations with non-Communist nations.
- wet compass — a compass having a compass card floating in a liquid.
- whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
- whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
- whoop it up — a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
- whoop-de-do — lively and noisy festivities; merrymaking: New Year's Eve whoop-de-do.
- wild potato — a plant, Solanum jamesii, of the southwestern U.S., related to the edible cultivated potato.
- windom peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,082 feet (4292 meters).
- window-shop — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
- windowpanes — Plural form of windowpane.
- witherspoon — John, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
- wobble pump — an auxiliary hand pump for supplying fuel to the carburetor of an aircraft engine when the automatic pumping mechanism fails.
- wolf packs' — a group of submarines operating together in hunting down and attacking enemy convoys.
- 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.
- 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 spirit — methyl alcohol.
- woodchipper — a motor-driven machine that cuts wood into chips.
- woodchopper — a person who chops wood, especially one who fells trees.
- woodcreeper — any of numerous New World tropical songbirds of the family Dendrocolaptidae, having stiffened tail feathers and creeperlike habits.
- woodpeckers — Plural form of woodpecker.
- wool sponge — a commercial sponge, Hippiospongia lachne, of Florida and the West Indies, the surface of which resembles the fleece of a sheep.
- wordperfect — 1. (text, tool, product) A word processor for a wide range of computers. The first version was sold in 1980 for Data General machines, and by the end of 1993 versions were on sale for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh computers. WordPerfect 6.0 for Unix was scheduled for introduction in May 1994. Versions: WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows, WordPerfect 3.1 for Macintosh/Power Macintosh, WordPerfect 6.0 for UNIX, WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS, WordPerfect 7.0 for Windows 95. 2. WordPerfect Corporation.
- work permit — a document giving permission to work in a particular country
- workmanship — the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.
- workshopper — a person who has a workshop, especially in a home, for working with tools, usually as a hobby.
- world point — (in relativity) a point in space-time, specified by three space coordinates and a time coordinate. Compare event (def 4).
- world power — a nation, organization, or institution so powerful that it is capable of influencing or changing the course of world events.
- worm powder — a powder given to animals to eradicate parasitic worms
- worshipable — Capable of being worshiped; worthy of veneration.
- worshipless — lacking worship, not worshipped
- worshippers — Plural form of worshipper.
- worshipping — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.