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11-letter words containing w, y, e, l

  • power alley — either of the two areas in the outfield between the outfielders
  • power cycle — (hardware)   (Or "cycle power", "cycle") To turn a machine's power off and on, with the intention of clearing some kind of hung or gronked state. Synonym 120 reset; see also Big Red Switch. Compare Vulcan nerve pinch, bounce and boot, and see the AI Koan about Tom Knight and the novice.
  • rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
  • semi-weekly — occurring, done, appearing, or published twice a week: semiweekly visits.
  • superlawyer — an extremely successful lawyer
  • swingeingly — by way of swingeing
  • swivel-eyed — having or displaying extreme or fanatical views
  • the beltway — Washington, D.C., esp. as regarded as the center of U.S. government and politics: so called from the expressway around the District of Columbia & nearby areas
  • the tynwald — the Parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of the crown, lieutenant governor, House of Keys, and legislative council
  • tiggywinkle — a gene found in fish and belonging to a family of genes known as the Hedgehog family
  • twelfth day — the 12th day after Christmas, January 6, on which the festival of the Epiphany is celebrated: formerly observed as the last day of the Christmas festivities.
  • twenty-fold — having twenty sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.
  • unweariably — in an unweariable manner
  • unweetingly — in an ignorant manner
  • valley wind — a wind that ascends a mountain valley during the day.
  • vowel rhyme — Prosody. assonance (def 2).
  • vowel-rhyme — resemblance of sounds.
  • wall system — a modular system of shelves, some of which may be enclosed by doors, either mounted on a wall or arranged in freestanding units, for holding books, bric-a-brac, etc., and sometimes including such features as a drop-leaf desk or specially designed storage space, as to accommodate records or electronic equipment.
  • walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
  • wanderingly — In a way that wanders.
  • wasterfully — in a wasteful manner
  • water cycle — the natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor, precipitates to earth in liquid or solid form, and ultimately returns to the atmosphere through evaporation.
  • way of life — lifestyle
  • wearability — the durability of clothing under normal wear.
  • wearisomely — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
  • welcomingly — In a welcoming manner.
  • weldability — to unite or fuse (as pieces of metal) by hammering, compressing, or the like, especially after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to be united.
  • well-played — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • welsh poppy — a poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, of western Europe, having pale-green, slightly hairy foliage and pale-yellow flowers.
  • wensleydale — a rich, medium-hard, white cheese with blue veins, somewhat strong in flavor.
  • werewolfery — the condition of being a werewolf
  • wesleyanism — the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.
  • wettability — the condition of being wettable.
  • whigmaleery — whigmaleerie.
  • whitley bay — a resort in NE England, in North Tyneside unitary authority, Tyne and Wear, on the North Sea. Pop: 36 544 (2001)
  • wholesomely — In a wholesome manner.
  • wild celery — tape grass.
  • wild turkey — the ancestral species of the domesticated turkey. Compare turkey (def 1).
  • winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
  • witheringly — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
  • wonderfully — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
  • wonderingly — In a wondering manner; with wonderment.
  • wookey hole — a village in SW England, in Somerset, near Wells: noted for the nearby limestone cave in which prehistoric remains have been found
  • woolly bear — the caterpillar of any of several moths, as a tiger moth, having a dense coat of woolly hairs.
  • world-weary — weary of the world; bored with existence, material pleasures, etc.
  • worrisomely — In a worrisome way.
  • worthlessly — In a worthless manner.
  • wrenchingly — In a wrenching manner; with a sudden jerk or emotional shock.
  • yawl-rigged — rigged in the manner of a yawl.
  • yellow bile — one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing anger; choler.
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