11-letter words containing w, s, r
- whore-house — a house or apartment in which prostitutes are available for hire; house of prostitution; brothel.
- whoremaster — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
- whosesoever — Whoever’s.
- widdershins — in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.
- wide-screen — of, noting, or pertaining to motion pictures projected on a screen having greater width than height, usually in a ratio of 1 to 2.5.
- widowmakers — Plural form of widowmaker.
- wienerwurst — Vienna sausage.
- wild radish — another name for white charlock
- wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
- wildflowers — Plural form of wildflower.
- wilkinsburg — a borough in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- willstatter — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, German chemist: Nobel prize 1915.
- wind sprint — a sprint, usually run several times in succession as part of a conditioning program, to develop an athlete's wind, speed, and endurance.
- wind-screen — windshield.
- windjammers — Plural form of windjammer.
- windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
- windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
- windscreens — Plural form of windscreen.
- windsor tie — a wide, soft necktie of black silk, tied at the neck in a loose bow.
- 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.
- wineberries — Plural form of wineberry.
- winepresses — Plural form of winepress.
- winter oats — oats that are planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
- winter rose — Christmas rose.
- wintercress — any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers.
- winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
- winterkills — Plural form of winterkill.
- winterreise — a song cycle (1827) by Franz Schubert, consisting of 24 songs set to poems of Wilhelm Müller.
- wintersweet — a shrub, Chimonanthus praecox, native to China, having large leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.
- wire-stitch — to stitch (the backs of gathered sections) by means of a machine that automatically forms staples from a continuous reel of wire.
- wisecracked — Simple past tense and past participle of wisecrack.
- wisecracker — a smart or facetious remark.
- wisenheimer — a wiseacre or smart aleck.
- witch grass — a panic grass, Panicum capillare, having a bushlike compound panicle, common as a weed in North America.
- witchcrafts — Plural form of witchcraft.
- with a rush — suddenly and forcefully
- with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- withdrawals — Plural form of withdrawal.
- withershins — in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.
- witherspoon — John, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
- withindoors — into or inside the house.
- withstander — A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
- wolf spider — any of numerous ground spiders of the family Lycosidae, including the southern European tarantula, Lycosa taretula, that hunt their prey instead of using a web.
- wonderlands — Plural form of wonderland.
- wonderworks — Plural form of wonderwork.
- wood grouse — the capercaillie.
- wood sorrel — any of numerous plants of the genus Oxalis, especially O. acetosella, of Eurasia, having heart-shaped, trifoliolate leaves and white, pink-veined flowers.
- wood spirit — methyl alcohol.
- 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.