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11-letter words containing w, o, r, k, a

  • thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
  • visualworks — (language)   A modern commercial implementation of the Smalltalk programming language. VisualWorks descends directly from the original Smalltalk-80 by Xerox PARC and was originally developed (for some time under the name Objectworks\Smalltalk) by ParcPlace Systems. VisualWorks relies on dynamic translation as its virtual machine technology.
  • wakeboarder — someone who rides a wakeboard
  • walk on air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • walkthrough — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
  • wall rocket — any of several yellow-flowered European plants of the genus Diplotaxis, such as D. muralis, that grow on old walls and in waste places: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • warriorlike — Like a warrior.
  • water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
  • waterlocked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
  • weathercock — a weather vane with the figure of a rooster on it.
  • whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
  • widowmakers — Plural form of widowmaker.
  • wizard book — (publication)   Hal Abelson, Gerald Sussman and Julie Sussman's "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" (MIT Press, 1984; ISBN 0-262-01077-1), an excellent computer science text used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the jacket. One of the bibles of the LISP/Scheme world. Also, less commonly, known as the Purple Book.
  • wokka board — a piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument
  • work basket — a basket for holding sewing equipment
  • work of art — a piece of creative work in the arts, especially a painting or sculpture.
  • work-harden — to toughen or strengthen (a metal) by cold-working or another mechanical process.
  • workability — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
  • workaholics — Plural form of workaholic.
  • workaholism — a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.
  • workarounds — Plural form of workaround.
  • workbaskets — Plural form of workbasket.
  • working day — daytime hours occupied by work
  • working-day — workaday; everyday.
  • workmanlike — like or befitting a workman.
  • workmanship — the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.
  • workstation — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
  • worksurface — A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers in a kitchen, that can be used to work on.
  • workwatcher — a person who observes racehorses in training
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