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11-letter words containing i, n, t, w, e

  • swing state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
  • swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
  • swingletree — a whiffletree.
  • swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
  • switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
  • tangle with — get involved with
  • televiewing — the act of watching television
  • teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
  • the haywain — a famous picture by John Constable
  • the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
  • therewithin — in or within that
  • think twice — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • tonic water — drink: carbonated water
  • 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.
  • train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
  • 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.
  • tweetcation — a short break from posting on the Twitter website
  • twelve-inch — a phonograph record twelve inches in diameter, especially one with two or more remixes of the same song.
  • twenty-five — a cardinal number, 20 plus 5.
  • twenty-nine — a cardinal number, 20 plus 9.
  • twi-nighter — a twi-night doubleheader.
  • twin cities — Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minn.
  • twin-bedded — A twin-bedded room has two single beds.
  • twin-engine — having two engines of equal power as prime movers: a twin-engine airplane.
  • two-pointer — a shot from inside or on the three point line, worth two points if it is made
  • typewriting — the act or skill of using a typewriter.
  • typewritten — A typewritten document has been typed on a typewriter or word processor.
  • underweight — weighing less than is usual, required, or proper.
  • underwriter — a person or company that underwrites policies of insurance or carries on insurance as a business.
  • unweetingly — in an ignorant manner
  • unweighting — the action of minimizing the pressure of body weight on a ski before a turn by briefly bending down or straightening up
  • unwithering — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
  • unwitnessed — lacking the signature of a witness: an unwitnessed legal document.
  • vent window — (on an automobile) a small, pivoting window fitted into a main side window to provide draft-free ventilation.
  • vietnam war — a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam.
  • vote-winner — a popular action that could secure votes for a person or party
  • vowel point — any of a group of auxiliary symbols, as small lines and dots, placed above or below consonant symbols to indicate vowels in a writing system, as that of Hebrew or Arabic, in which vowels are otherwise not written.
  • wainscotted — Having a wainscot.
  • waitressing — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
  • 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.
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