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11-letter words containing i, n, w

  • chinwangtao — Qinhuangdao
  • citron wood — the wood of the citron tree
  • clown white — white facial makeup used by performers, as clowns.
  • cockcrowing — The crowing sound of a cock.
  • collingwood — a city in SE Australia, near Melbourne.
  • companywide — Extending throughout a company.
  • copywriting — a writer of copy, especially for advertisements or publicity releases.
  • cordwainery — Shoemaking.
  • corn whisky — whisky made from maize
  • counterview — an opposite or opposing view
  • countrywide — Something that happens or exists countrywide happens or exists throughout the whole of a particular country.
  • cow parsnip — any tall coarse umbelliferous plant of the genus Heracleum, such as H. sphondylium of Europe and Asia, having thick stems and flattened clusters of white or purple flowers
  • cowansville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • crimean war — the war fought mainly in the Crimea between Russia on one side and Turkey, France, Sardinia, and Britain on the other (1853-56)
  • cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
  • crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
  • crown point — town in NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain: site of a fort important in the French and Indian & the Revolutionary wars: pop. 2,100
  • crownpieces — Plural form of crownpiece.
  • curtainwall — Storm shutters or other removable protection for all windows and doors in a residence or building against the effects of high winds, rain and flying objects during a hurricane. They can be made of a variety of materials such as aluminum panels, iron or even wood.
  • darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
  • dawn raider — a person or company that mounts a dawn raid
  • deflowering — Present participle of deflower.
  • deganawidah — ("The Peacemaker") flourished 1550–1600, Huron prophet, cofounder of the Iroquois Confederacy.
  • dinnerwares — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
  • disallowing — Present participle of disallow.
  • discrowning — Present participle of discrown.
  • disentwined — Simple past tense and past participle of disentwine.
  • disentwines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disentwine.
  • dishwashing — the act of washing dishes.
  • down ticket — relating to or noting a candidate or political contest that is relatively low-profile and local compared to one listed in a higher place on the ballot: Very popular presidential nominees often cause down-ballot candidates to win.
  • downgrading — Present participle of downgrade.
  • downlighter — Downlight.
  • downloading — download
  • downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
  • downplaying — Present participle of downplay.
  • downriggers — Plural form of downrigger.
  • downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
  • downshifted — Simple past tense and past participle of downshift.
  • downwelling — a downward current of surface water in the ocean, usually caused by differences in the density of seawater.
  • dowsing rod — Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
  • dowsing-rod — Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
  • drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.
  • draw a line — If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them.
  • drawing pen — a pen with a fine nib used for drawing
  • drawing pin — a thumbtack.
  • drawstrings — Plural form of drawstring.
  • drop window — a window with a sash that slides into a space below the sill.
  • duniewassal — a gentleman, especially a cadet of a ranking family, among the Highlanders of Scotland.
  • dwindlement — the condition of decreasing or diminishing
  • elbow joint — the joint between the upper arm and the forearm, formed by the junction of the radius and ulna with the humerus
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