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11-letter words containing e, w

  • the beltway — Washington, D.C., esp. as regarded as the center of U.S. government and politics: so called from the expressway around the District of Columbia & nearby areas
  • the gallows — execution by hanging
  • the haywain — a famous picture by John Constable
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the network — network, the
  • the new man — a type of modern man who allows the caring side of his nature to show by being supportive and by sharing child care and housework
  • the swedish — the people of Sweden collectively
  • the tynwald — the Parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of the crown, lieutenant governor, House of Keys, and legislative council
  • the wagoner — Auriga
  • the welfare — the public agencies involved with giving such assistance
  • the wharves — the working area of a dock
  • the willies — nervousness, jitters, or fright (esp in the phrase give (or get) the willies)
  • the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
  • the wounded — persons wounded, esp. in warfare
  • the yahwist — the conjectured author or authors of the earliest of four main sources or strands of tradition of which the Pentateuch is composed and in which God is called Yahweh throughout
  • therewithal — together with that; in addition to that.
  • therewithin — in or within that
  • thimbleweed — any of several plants having a thimble-shaped fruiting head, especially either of two white-flowered North American plants, Anemone riparia or A. virginiana.
  • think twice — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • third wheel — odd person out among three people
  • thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
  • thitherward — Also, thitherward [thith -er-werd, th ith -] /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/ (Show IPA), thitherwards. to or toward that place or point; there.
  • throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
  • throw shade — to make a public show of contempt
  • tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
  • tie in with — If something such as an idea or fact ties in with or ties up with something else, it is consistent with it or connected with it.
  • tig welding — tungsten-electrode inert gas welding: a method of welding in which the arc is maintained by a tungsten electrode and shielded from the access of air by an inert gas
  • tiger prawn — a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans
  • tiggywinkle — a gene found in fish and belonging to a family of genes known as the Hedgehog family
  • timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
  • time switch — Electronics
  • time waster — If you say that someone or something is a time waster, you mean that they cause you to spend a lot of time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit.
  • tin whistle — A tin whistle is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a metal pipe with holes. You play the tin whistle by blowing into it. Tin whistles make a high sound and are often used in folk music, for example Irish music.
  • to eat crow — If someone eats crow, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize, especially in situations where this is humiliating or embarrassing for them.
  • to give way — If an object that is supporting something gives way, it breaks or collapses, so that it can no longer support that thing.
  • to the wide — completely
  • to the wire — If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment.
  • toilet bowl — the ceramic bowl of a toilet.
  • tongue worm — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
  • tongues wag — If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
  • tonic water — drink: carbonated water
  • torrens law — any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said land
  • tower block — a high-rise building.
  • tower crane — a rotatable cantilever jib on top of a steelwork tower used on building sites where the operator needs to command a good view of the site
  • 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
  • townspeople — residents of a town
  • toxic waste — waste material that can be harmful or deadly to living creatures and the environment
  • 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.
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