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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.
  • weissmullerPeter 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.
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