11-letter words containing i, t, w
- windcheater — a lightweight jacket for sports or other outdoor wear.
- windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
- windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
- window seat — a seat built beneath the sill of a recessed or other window.
- windowlight — windowpane (def 1).
- windsor tie — a wide, soft necktie of black silk, tied at the neck in a loose bow.
- wine bucket — A wine bucket is a container that holds ice cubes or cold water and ice. You can use it to put bottles of wine in and keep the wine cool.
- wine expert — specialist or connoisseur of wines
- wine waiter — a waiter in a restaurant who is responsible for serving wine
- winetasting — a gathering of critics, buyers, friends, etc., to taste a group of wines for comparative purposes.
- wing covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's wing feathers.
- wing-footed — having winged feet.
- winnability — a capacity for winning or being won
- winter moth — a brown geometrid moth, Operophtera brumata, of which the male is often seen against lighted windows in winter, the female being wingless
- winter oats — oats that are planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
- winter park — a city in E Florida.
- winter rose — Christmas rose.
- winter wren — (in the Western Hemisphere) a small wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, of coniferous forests.
- winterberry — any of several North American hollies of the genus Ilex, having red berries that are persistent through the winter.
- wintercress — any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers.
- wintergreen — Also called checkerberry. a small, creeping, evergreen shrub, Gaultheria procumbens, of the heath family, common in eastern North America, having white, nodding, bell-shaped flowers, a bright-red, berrylike fruit, and aromatic leaves that yield a volatile oil.
- winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
- winterizing — Present participle of winterize.
- winterkills — Plural form of winterkill.
- winterreise — a song cycle (1827) by Franz Schubert, consisting of 24 songs set to poems of Wilhelm Müller.
- wintersweet — a shrub, Chimonanthus praecox, native to China, having large leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.
- wire cutter — any of various devices designed to cut wire.
- wire-stitch — to stitch (the backs of gathered sections) by means of a machine that automatically forms staples from a continuous reel of wire.
- wiretapping — an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.
- wistfulness — characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- witch alder — a shrub, Fothergilla gardenii, of the witch hazel family, native to the southeastern U.S., having spikes of white flowers that bloom before the leaves appear.
- witch grass — a panic grass, Panicum capillare, having a bushlike compound panicle, common as a weed in North America.
- witch hazel — a shrub, Hamamelis virginiana, of eastern North America, having toothed, egg-shaped leaves and small, yellow flowers. Compare witch hazel family.
- witchcrafts — Plural form of witchcraft.
- witchdoctor — Alternative form of witch doctor.
- witenagemot — the assembly of the witan; the national council attended by the king, aldermen, bishops, and nobles.
- with a bang — begin, end: in a dramatic way
- with a bump — If someone comes down to earth with a bump, they suddenly start recognizing unpleasant facts after a period of time when they have not been doing this.
- with a rush — suddenly and forcefully
- with a will — If you do something with a will, you do it with a lot of enthusiasm and energy.
- with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- withdrawals — Plural form of withdrawal.
- withdrawing — Present participle of withdraw.
- wither away — weaken and die
- witheringly — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- withershins — in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.
- witherspoon — John, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
- withholding — to hold back; restrain or check.
- within call — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- withindoors — into or inside the house.