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11-letter words containing wee

  • unix weenie — (jargon)   (ITS) 1. A derogatory play on "Unix wizard", common among hackers who use Unix by necessity but would prefer alternatives. The implication is that although the person in question may consider mastery of Unix arcana to be a wizardly skill, the only real skill involved is the ability to tolerate (and the bad taste to wallow in) the incoherence and needless complexity that is alleged to infest many Unix programs. "This shell script tries to parse its arguments in 69 bletcherous ways. It must have been written by a real Unix weenie." 2. A derogatory term for anyone who engages in uncritical praise of Unix. Often appearing in the context "stupid Unix weenie". See Weenix, Unix conspiracy, weenie.
  • unsweetened — to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
  • unweetingly — in an ignorant manner
  • vinegarweed — a plant, Trichostema lanceolatum, of the mint family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having clusters of blue flowers with long, protruding filaments and growing in dry, sandy soil.
  • 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.
  • weed-killer — a herbicide.
  • weedkillers — Plural form of weedkiller.
  • weekend bag — weekender (def 3).
  • weekendings — weekends during which one goes away from home
  • weeping ivy — a climbing plant, Ficus benjamina, of the fig family, grown as a greenhouse or house plant for its graceful glossy leaves on slender drooping branches
  • wintersweet — a shrub, Chimonanthus praecox, native to China, having large leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.
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