11-letter words containing n, a, r, o, w
- currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- dawn patrol — a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions.
- down-easter — a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
- down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
- downgrading — Present participle of downgrade.
- downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
- downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
- draftswoman — a woman employed in making mechanical drawings.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- fisherwoman — a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- for want of — If you do something for want of something else, you do it because the other thing is not available or not possible.
- forewarning — to warn in advance.
- forswearing — Present participle of forswear.
- forwardness — overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.
- frankenword — (neologism) A word formed by combining two (or more) other words; a portmanteau.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- front crawl — a style of swimming in which the swimmer faces downwards and moves their arms alternately in strokes
- frowardness — The quality of being froward.
- ground wave — a radio wave that propagates on or near the earth's surface and is affected by the ground and the troposphere.
- groundwater — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- guardswoman — A female guardsman.
- guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
- guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
- hammer down — a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- hand-worker — a person who does handwork
- handbarrows — Plural form of handbarrow.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hash browns — fried potato cake
- horse-drawn — A horse-drawn carriage, cart, or other vehicle is one that is pulled by one or more horses.
- inner woman — a woman's mind, soul, or nature
- jawdropping — Alternative form of jaw-dropping.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
- long barrow — a funerary barrow having an elongate shape, sometimes constructed over a megalithic chamber tomb and usually containing one or more inhumed corpses along with artifacts: primarily Neolithic but extending into the Bronze Age.
- manual work — work involving the hands, as opposed to an office job, for example
- march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
- marine snow — small particles of organic biogenic marine sediment, including the remains of organisms, faecal matter, and the shells of planktonic organisms, that slowly drift down to the sea floor
- market town — a town where a regularly scheduled market is held.
- marrow bean — a plump-seeded strain of the common field bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), grown for its dry, edible seeds
- marrow bone — Marrow bones are the bones of certain animals, especially cows, that contain a lot of bone marrow. They are used in cooking and in dog food.
- marrowbones — Plural form of marrowbone.
- microwaving — Present participle of microwave.
- mopani worm — an edible caterpillar that feeds on mopani leaves
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.