11-letter words containing w, r, u
- walkthrough — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- wallaceburg — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- wander plug — an electrical plug on the end of a flexible wire, for insertion into any of a number of sockets
- war surplus — equipment, supplies, etc., originally used by or manufactured for the armed forces, but disposed of cheaply as surplus or obsolete: He made his fortune in war surplus.
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
- warrensburg — a town in central Missouri.
- wasterfully — in a wasteful manner
- watch guard — a short chain, cord, or ribbon for securing a watch when worn on the person.
- water gauge — any device for indicating the height of water in a reservoir, tank, boiler, or other vessel.
- water louse — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
- water ouzel — dipper (def 4).
- watercolour — A water-soluble pigment.
- watercourse — a stream of water, as a river or brook.
- waterlocust — a thorny honeylocust (Gleditsia aquatica), native to the SE U.S., with a dark, heavy wood that takes a high polish
- waterspouts — Plural form of waterspout.
- waterthrush — A thrushlike North American warbler related to the ovenbird, found near woodland streams and swamps.
- wave number — the number of waves in one centimeter of light in a given wavelength; the reciprocal of the wavelength.
- waved umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Menophra abruptaria, that is cryptically marked to merge with tree bark
- websquatter — A person or company that engages in websquatting.
- weed cutter — a hand implement, often powered by electricity or a gasoline motor, for cutting weeds or trimming grass and often utilizing a rotating nylon cord as the cutting blade.
- weissmuller — Peter John ("Johnny") 1904–84, U.S. swimmer and film actor.
- well argued — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- well-argued — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- well-turned — gracefully shaped: a well-turned ankle.
- wellreputed — reported or supposed to be such: the reputed author of a book.
- westborough — a town in central Massachusetts.
- whalesucker — a large, blue remora, Remora australis, that attaches itself to whales and dolphins.
- wheat flour — powdered cereal grain
- whereabouts — about where? where?
- whirlabouts — Plural form of whirlabout.
- white flour — flour that consists substantially of the starchy endosperm of wheat, most of the bran and the germ having been removed by the milling process
- whodunnitry — the style or genre of novels, plays, etc concerned with crime
- whore-house — a house or apartment in which prostitutes are available for hire; house of prostitution; brothel.
- wienerwurst — Vienna sausage.
- wild rubber — rubber obtained from trees growing wild.
- wild turkey — the ancestral species of the domesticated turkey. Compare turkey (def 1).
- wilkinsburg — a borough in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- win through — succeed despite obstacles
- windsurfing — a form of sailing in which a flexible sail, free to move in any direction, is mounted on a surfboard and the craft guided by the standing rider.
- wire cutter — any of various devices designed to cut wire.
- wire-guided — (of a missile) controlled by signals transmitted through fine wires uncoiled during the missile's flight
- wire-puller — a person or thing that pulls wires.
- wirepulling — an act of pulling wires.
- with a rush — suddenly and forcefully
- wonder drug — a drug, usually recently discovered or developed, noted for its startling curative effect, as an antibiotic or sulfa drug.
- wonderfully — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
- wood grouse — the capercaillie.
- wood thrush — a large thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, common in woodlands of eastern North America, and noted for its melodious song.
- woodcutters — Plural form of woodcutter.
- woodturning — The action of shaping wood with a lathe.