11-letter words containing w, r, s, t
- downstrokes — Plural form of downstroke.
- draftswoman — a woman employed in making mechanical drawings.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- draw straws — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
- draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
- draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
- drawstrings — Plural form of drawstring.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
- dwarf shoot — a very thin lateral branch in certain trees.
- easter week — the week that begins with Easter Day and ends the following Saturday
- elsewhither — Somewhither else; to some other place; in some other direction.
- fast bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- fast worker — a person who is quick and shrewd in gaining personal advantage: A fast worker, he soon knew everyone who had any pull.
- fiesta ware — molded, opaque-glazed earthenware produced in a wide range of colors from 1936 to 1969.
- first water — (formerly) the highest degree of fineness in a diamond or other precious stone. Compare water (def 13).
- first world — the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
- floodwaters — The waters of a flood.
- fly swatter — a device for killing flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, usually a square sheet of wire mesh attached to a long handle.
- forty winks — a short nap.
- forwardmost — all the way at the front; first.
- fresh water — water that is not salty
- frostflower — a plant, Milla biflora, of the amaryllis family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- ghost-write — If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work.
- ghostwriter — A person whose job it is to write material for someone else who is the named author.
- groatsworth — the amount that is, or may be, bought or sold for a groat
- growthiness — the quality of being growthy
- hawes water — a lake in NW England, in the Lake District: provides part of Manchester's water supply; extended by damming from 4 km (2.5 miles) to 6 km (4 miles)
- headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- home waters — territorial waters
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
- intertwines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intertwine.
- interweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interweave.
- irish tweed — a sturdy woolen fabric of light warp and dark filling, made in Ireland and used in suits and coats.
- jesuit ware — Chinese porcelain of the early 18th century, decorated with Christian motifs, usually in black and gold on a white background.
- knackwursts — Plural form of knackwurst.
- knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
- least shrew — a small, brownish shrew, Cryptotis parva, of grassy regions of the eastern U.S.
- least-worst — bad but better than any available alternative
- lister-plow — Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- mains water — gas supplied to a building through pipes
- master-work — masterpiece.
- masterworks — Plural form of masterwork.
- microswitch — a highly sensitive switch used in automatic-control devices.
- millwrights — Plural form of millwright.
- most-farrow — (of a cow) not pregnant.
- motherworts — Plural form of motherwort.