11-letter words starting with w
- waste water — water that has been used, either in the home or in industry
- waste-water — water that has been used in washing, flushing, manufacturing, etc.; sewage.
- wastebasket — a standing basket for wastepaper, small items of trash, etc.
- wasterfully — in a wasteful manner
- watch chain — a chain, frequently of gold or silver, attached to a pocket watch, serving as an ornament and, when passed through a buttonhole in the vest, as a guard against loss or theft of the watch.
- watch guard — a short chain, cord, or ribbon for securing a watch when worn on the person.
- watch night — the last night of the year, observed in a watch meeting.
- watch-glass — a curved glass disc that covers the dial of a watch
- watchdogged — characteristic of a watchdog
- watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
- watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- watchstraps — Plural form of watchstrap.
- watchtowers — Plural form of watchtower.
- water brash — heartburn (def 1).
- water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
- 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.
- water gauge — any device for indicating the height of water in a reservoir, tank, boiler, or other vessel.
- water glass — a drinking glass; tumbler.
- water inlet — opening designed to let water in
- water lemon — yellow granadilla.
- water level — the surface level of any body of water.
- water louse — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
- water meter — a device for measuring and registering the quantity of water that passes through a pipe or other outlet.
- water motor — any form of prime mover or motor that is operated by the kinetic energy, pressure, or weight of water, especially a small turbine or waterwheel fitted to a pipe supplying water.
- water nymph — a nymph of the water, as a naiad, a Nereid, or an Oceanid.
- water ouzel — dipper (def 4).
- water paint — a pigment, as watercolor, in which water is used as the vehicle.
- water pipit — a common, sparrow-sized pipit, Anthus spinoletta, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- water plant — a plant that grows in water.
- water poppy — a Brazilian, aquatic plant, Hydrocleys nymphoides, having yellow, poppylike flowers.
- water power — the power of water used, or capable of being used, to drive machinery, turbines, etc.
- water rates — the charges made for the use of water from the public water supply
- water right — the right to make use of the water from a particular stream, lake, or irrigation canal.
- water shrew — either of two small amphibious shrews, Neomys fodiens (European water shrew) or N. anomalus (Mediterranean water shrew), having a dark pelage with paler underparts
- water slide — flume
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- water snake — any of numerous and widely distributed harmless snakes of the genus Natrix, inhabiting areas in or near fresh water.
- water table — the planar, underground surface beneath which earth materials, as soil or rock, are saturated with water.
- water tiger — the larva of a predaceous diving beetle, of the genus Dytiscus.
- water tower — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to a height sufficient to maintain a desired pressure for firefighting, distribution to customers, etc.
- water vapor — a dispersion, in air, of molecules of water, especially as produced by evaporation at ambient temperatures rather than by boiling. Compare steam (def 2).
- water wagon — a wagon used to transport water, as in military field operations or on a construction site.
- water wheel — a wheel or turbine turned by the weight or momentum of water and used to operate machinery.
- water wings — an inflatable contrivance shaped like a pair of wings, usually worn under the arms to keep the body afloat while one swims or learns to swim.
- water witch — a person who claims the ability to detect water underground by means of a divining rod
- water-borne — A water-borne disease or infection is one that people can catch from infected water.
- water-witch — to practice water witching; work as a water witch.
- watercolors — Plural form of watercolor.
- watercolour — A water-soluble pigment.