11-letter words containing e, w, r
- tower wagon — a trailer carrying an extensible ladder for use in firefighting, photography, repairing overhead wires, trimming trees, etc. Compare cherry picker (def 2).
- town centre — the most important commercial or business area of a town, containing most of the shops, banks, restaurants etc
- trackwalker — a person employed to walk over and inspect a certain section of railroad track at intervals.
- trade winds — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- travel well — If goods such as food products travel well, they can be transported a long way without being damaged or their quality being spoiled.
- tread water — to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
- tree mallow — a malvaceous treelike plant, Lavatera arborea, of rocky coastal areas of Europe and N Africa, having a woody stem, rounded leaves, and red-purple flowers
- trelliswork — latticework.
- trestlework — a structural system composed of trestles.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trifle with — treat frivolously
- trombe wall — a glass-fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for radiation into a building.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
- trumpetweed — any of various eupatorium plants, esp joe-pye weed
- twenty-four — a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.
- twi-nighter — a twi-night doubleheader.
- two-pointer — a shot from inside or on the three point line, worth two points if it is made
- two-wheeler — a vehicle, especially a bicycle, having two wheels: The boy changed his tricycle for a two-wheeler.
- typewriting — the act or skill of using a typewriter.
- typewritten — A typewritten document has been typed on a typewriter or word processor.
- un-showered — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- unawareness — not aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change.
- under watch — If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
- under wraps — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- under-drawn — to line the underside of (a structure, as a floor) with plasterwork, boarding, or the like.
- under-weigh — under weigh, Nautical. in motion; under way.
- undergrowth — low-lying vegetation or small trees growing beneath larger trees; underbrush.
- underviewer — a person who inspects a mine every day
- underweight — weighing less than is usual, required, or proper.
- underwiring — support provided by an underwire
- underworked — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- underworker — a person who underworks
- underwriter — a person or company that underwrites policies of insurance or carries on insurance as a business.
- unempowered — to give power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means: I empowered my agent to make the deal for me. The local ordinance empowers the board of health to close unsanitary restaurants.
- unforeknown — not foreknown
- unrenewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- unrewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- unterwalden — a canton in central Switzerland: divided into demicantons.
- unwandering — not wandering or roving, remaining in one place
- unwarranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- unweariable — incapable of wearying or being wearied; tireless
- unweariably — in an unweariable manner
- unweathered — not weathered; not changed by exposure to the weather
- unwithering — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.