11-letter words starting with w
- walla walla — a city in SE Washington.
- wallaceburg — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- wallclimber — a glass-walled elevator whose shaft is on the exterior wall of a building
- wallcreeper — A Eurasian songbird related to the nuthatches, having mainly gray plumage with broad bright red wings, and living among rocks in mountainous country.
- wallenstein — Also, Waldstein. Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von [ahl-brekht ven-tsuh l oi-zey-bee-oo s fuh n] /ˈɑl brɛxt ˈvɛn tsəl ɔɪˈzeɪ biˌʊs fən/ (Show IPA), Duke of Friedland [freed-land,, -luh nd;; German freet-lahnt] /ˈfridˌlænd,, -lənd;; German ˈfritˌlɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1583–1634, Austrian general in the Thirty Years' War, born in Bohemia.
- wallflowers — Plural form of wallflower.
- wallingford — a town in S Connecticut.
- wallpapered — Simple past tense and past participle of wallpaper.
- walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- walthamstow — a former borough, now part of Waltham Forest, in SE England.
- wand reader — wand (def 6).
- wand-reader — a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
- wander plug — an electrical plug on the end of a flexible wire, for insertion into any of a number of sockets
- wanderingly — In a way that wanders.
- wang an shi — 1021–86, Chinese statesman and writer: remembered for his economic reforms, known as the New Policies (1069–76)
- waning moon — the moon at any time after full moon and before new moon (so called because its illuminated area is decreasing).
- wanted list — a list of people being searched for by the police in connection with a crime that has been committed
- war cabinet — government wartime committee
- war footing — the condition or status of a military force or other organization when operating under a state of war or as if a state of war existed.
- war of 1812 — the war between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815.
- war surplus — equipment, supplies, etc., originally used by or manufactured for the armed forces, but disposed of cheaply as surplus or obsolete: He made his fortune in war surplus.
- warchalking — the practice of marking chalk symbols on walls and pavements at places where local wireless internet connections may be obtained for free via a computer, usually without permission
- ward heeler — a minor politician who canvasses voters and does other chores for a political machine or party boss.
- ward sister — a senior nurse in charge of a ward
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- warfighting — (military) The fighting of a war.
- warlikeness — the state of being warlike
- warm sector — the region of warmest air bounded by the cold and warm fronts of a cyclone.
- warm spring — a thermal spring having a temperature of up to 98°F (37°C).
- warmblooded — Alternative spelling of warm-blooded.
- warmed over — (of cooked foods) heated again: warmed-over stew.
- warmed-over — (of cooked foods) heated again: warmed-over stew.
- warmhearted — having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.
- warming pan — a long-handled, covered pan, usually of brass, filled with live coals or hot water for warming a cold bed.
- warmongerer — Misspelling of warmonger.
- warrantable — capable of being warranted.
- warrantably — In a way that is justified; reasonably.
- warrantless — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- warrantying — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- warrensburg — a town in central Missouri.
- warriorhood — The state of being a warrior.
- warriorlike — Like a warrior.
- warsaw pact — an organization formed in Warsaw, Poland (1955), comprising Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the U.S.S.R., for collective defense under a joint military command.
- washability — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- washerwoman — a woman who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundress.
- washerwomen — Plural form of washerwoman.
- wasim akram — Chaudhry. born 1966, Pakistani cricketer: a fast bowler, he played in 104 test matches (1984–2002), 25 as captain, and took 414 wickets
- waspishness — The quality of being waspish.
- wasserstein — Wendy, 1950–2006, U.S. playwright.