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11-letter words containing w, s, d

  • tiddlywinks — a game played on a flat surface, in which players attempt to snap small plastic disks into a cup by pressing the edges of the disks with larger ones.
  • trade winds — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
  • tundra swan — a swan, Cygnus columbianus, nesting in tundra regions of both the New and Old Worlds, having a black bill with a yellow spot at the base.
  • twaite shad — a European shad
  • twist drill — a drill with one or more deep helical grooves in the body.
  • twofoldness — the quality or state of being twofold
  • un-showered — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
  • under wraps — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
  • unswallowed — not swallowed
  • unsweetened — to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
  • unwithstood — not opposed or resisted; not withstood
  • unwitnessed — lacking the signature of a witness: an unwitnessed legal document.
  • upside down — with the upper part undermost.
  • vowel sound — spoken language: open sound
  • wage spread — the difference in wages paid to workers in an industry or profession
  • wainscotted — Having a wainscot.
  • waistcoated — Wearing a waistcoat.
  • wait-listed — placed on a waiting list for a flight leaving an airport
  • wake island — an island in the N Pacific, belonging to the U.S.: air base. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km).
  • waldmeister — An herb used for flavouring wines and liqueurs.
  • waldsterben — the symptoms of tree decline in central Europe from the 1970s, considered to be caused by atmospheric pollution
  • walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
  • wanted list — a list of people being searched for by the police in connection with a crime that has been committed
  • ward sister — a senior nurse in charge of a ward
  • water slide — flume
  • waterslides — Plural form of waterslide.
  • watt-second — a unit of energy equal to the energy of one watt acting for one second; the equivalent of one joule.
  • wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
  • waywardness — The quality of being wayward.
  • weasel word — a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing.
  • weaverbirds — Plural form of weaverbird.
  • web address — Computers. URL (def 2).
  • web du bois — William Edward Burghardt [burg-hahrd] /ˈbɜrg hɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1868–1963, U.S. educator and writer.
  • weddell sea — an arm of the Atlantic, E of Antarctic Peninsula.
  • wedge issue — an issue that divides or causes conflict in an otherwise unified group: Abortion is a wedge issue for the Republican Party.
  • weedkillers — Plural form of weedkiller.
  • weekendings — weekends during which one goes away from home
  • well design — Well design is the features that are considered when planning and constructing a well.
  • well suited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
  • well versed — If someone is well versed in a particular subject, they know a lot about it.
  • well-raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
  • well-seated — something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
  • well-served — to act as a servant.
  • well-shaped — of a definite form, shape, or character (often used in combination): a U -shaped driveway.
  • well-shaved — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
  • well-sorted — (of sedimentary particles) uniform in size.
  • well-stated — fixed or settled: a stated price.
  • well-suited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
  • well-tested — the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
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