11-letter words containing a, w
- awash-river — a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- away defeat — a game played and lost at an opponent's ground
- awelessness — the state or quality of lacking awe
- awesomeness — causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear: an awesome sight.
- awestricken — filled with awe.
- awkward age — early adolescence.
- awkwardness — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- awning deck — a weather deck supported on very light scantlings.
- baby shower — gift-giving party for unborn baby
- baby-walker — a light frame on casters or wheels to help a baby learn to walk
- backflowing — Flowing backwards.
- backswimmer — an aquatic bug belonging to the family Notonectidae that swims on its back using its back legs as oars
- backwashing — A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
- bag of wind — windbag.
- báinín wool — white woollen thread
- bake-wares' — heat-resistant dishes, as of glass or pottery, in which food may be baked; ovenware.
- ball of wax — everything, including all details, parts, etc., relating to a particular matter: He came back from Chicago with the contract for the whole ball of wax.
- ball-flower — a decoration in a molding that looks like a ball held in the petals of a flower
- bamboo ware — a cane-colored Wedgwood stoneware of c1770 imitating bamboo.
- bandywallop — an imaginary town, far from civilization
- bantam work — Coromandel work.
- barbed wire — Barbed wire is strong wire with sharp points sticking out of it, and is used to make fences.
- barley wine — an exceptionally strong beer
- barons' war — either of two civil wars in 13th-century England. The First Barons' War (1215–17) was precipitated by King John's failure to observe the terms of Magna Carta: many of the Barons' grievances were removed by his death (1216) and peace was concluded in 1217. The Second Barons' War (1264–67) was caused by Henry III's refusal to accept limitations on his authority: the rebel Barons (led (1264–65) by Simon de Montfort), initially successful, were defeated at the battle of Evesham (1265); sporadic resistance continued until 1267
- barter away — to give or trade for too small a return
- bartholomew — one of the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:3). Feast day: Aug 24 or June 11
- basketweave — a weave of two or more yarns together, resembling that of a basket, esp in wool or linen fabric
- bastard-saw — plain-saw.
- batter down — If you batter a door down, you hit it so hard that it falls to pieces.
- battlewagon — a battleship
- bawdy house — a brothel.
- bawdyhouses — Plural form of bawdyhouse.
- beach towel — a large towel used on the beach
- beam weapon — a laser-beam or particle-beam weapon.
- bean weevil — any of various beetles of the family Bruchidae (or Lariidae), the larvae of which live in the seeds of leguminous plants
- beat hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- beaver away — If you are beavering away at something, you are working very hard at it.
- belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
- benchwarmer — a player who is usually on the bench; reserve
- bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
- berlin wall — a wall dividing the east and west sectors of Berlin, built in 1961 by the East German authorities to stop the flow of refugees from east to west; demolition of the wall began in 1989
- bhubaneswar — an ancient city in E India, the capital of Odisha (formerly Orissa) state: many temples built between the 7th and 16th centuries. Pop: 647 302 (2001)
- bidding war — a situation in which multiple offerers bid to own a single property
- bilge water — Nautical. bilge (def 1d).
- binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
- bio-warfare — biological warfare.
- black dwarf — a cold, dark dwarf star
- black power — a social, economic, and political movement of Black people, esp in the US, to obtain equality with White people
- black watch — a regiment of Scottish infantry in the British army (so called from the dark colors in their tartan).
- black water — household waste water that cannot be reused without purification