11-letter words containing wo
- word stress — the stress pattern or patterns associated with the words of a particular language when they are considered in isolation.
- wordishness — the use or manner of using words
- wordperfect — 1. (text, tool, product) A word processor for a wide range of computers. The first version was sold in 1980 for Data General machines, and by the end of 1993 versions were on sale for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh computers. WordPerfect 6.0 for Unix was scheduled for introduction in May 1994. Versions: WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows, WordPerfect 3.1 for Macintosh/Power Macintosh, WordPerfect 6.0 for UNIX, WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS, WordPerfect 7.0 for Windows 95. 2. WordPerfect Corporation.
- work basket — a basket for holding sewing equipment
- work of art — a piece of creative work in the arts, especially a painting or sculpture.
- work permit — a document giving permission to work in a particular country
- work-harden — to toughen or strengthen (a metal) by cold-working or another mechanical process.
- workability — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- workaholics — Plural form of workaholic.
- workaholism — a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.
- workarounds — Plural form of workaround.
- workbaskets — Plural form of workbasket.
- workbenches — Plural form of workbench.
- working bee — a voluntary group doing a job for charity
- working day — daytime hours occupied by work
- working dog — one of any of several breeds of usually large, powerful dogs originally developed to assist people in their daily work, as draft animals, guard dogs, and guide dogs, and including the boxer, bullmastiff, Doberman pinscher, Great Dane, St. Bernard, and Siberian Husky.
- working-day — workaday; everyday.
- workmanlike — like or befitting a workman.
- workmanship — the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.
- workshopper — a person who has a workshop, especially in a home, for working with tools, usually as a hobby.
- workstation — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
- worksurface — A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers in a kitchen, that can be used to work on.
- workwatcher — a person who observes racehorses in training
- world court — an international tribunal established under the Covenant of the League of Nations and replaced in 1945 by the International Court of Justice.
- world music — (sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, indigenous forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop.
- world point — (in relativity) a point in space-time, specified by three space coordinates and a time coordinate. Compare event (def 4).
- world power — a nation, organization, or institution so powerful that it is capable of influencing or changing the course of world events.
- world title — the winner's position in an international competition
- world war i — the war (1914–18), fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, in which the Allies (principally France, Russia, Britain, Italy after 1915, and the US after 1917) defeated the Central Powers (principally Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey). The war was precipitated by the assassination of Austria's crown prince (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) at Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 and swiftly developed its major front in E France, where millions died in static trench warfare. After the October Revolution (1917) the Bolsheviks ended Russian participation in the war (Dec 15, 1917). The exhausted Central Powers agreed to an armistice on Nov 11, 1918 and quickly succumbed to internal revolution, before being forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1919) and other treaties
- world-class — ranking among the world's best; outstanding: a world-class orchestra.
- world-weary — weary of the world; bored with existence, material pleasures, etc.
- worldbeater — a person or thing that surpasses all others of like kind, as in quality, ability, or endurance.
- worldliness — of or relating to this world as contrasted with heaven, spiritual life, etc.; earthly; mundane.
- worm lizard — any of numerous burrowing, primarily legless lizards of the suborder Amphisbaenia, mostly inhabiting tropical areas and resembling an earthworm in shape.
- worm out of — If you worm information out of someone, you gradually find it out by constantly asking them about it.
- worm powder — a powder given to animals to eradicate parasitic worms
- worrisomely — In a worrisome way.
- worry beads — a string of beads manipulated to relieve worry and tension.
- worse luck! — unhappily; unfortunately
- worshipable — Capable of being worshiped; worthy of veneration.
- worshipless — lacking worship, not worshipped
- worshippers — Plural form of worshipper.
- worshipping — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- worthington — a town in central Ohio.
- worthlessly — In a worthless manner.
- wrigglework — decorative engraving of a metal surface with repeated zigzags.
- yachtswoman — a woman who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting.
- yachtswomen — Irregular plural form of yachtswoman.