11-letter words containing n, e, t, w
- wet contact — a contact through which direct current flows.
- wet machine — a machine for dewatering pulp.
- wet-blanket — to extinguish (a fire) with a wet blanket.
- wh question — a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied, as Where do you live?
- wh-question — a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied, as Where do you live?
- whenceforth — from which time or place forward
- white aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- white bacon — bacon (def 2).
- white night — a sleepless night.
- white noise — Also called white sound. a steady, unvarying, unobtrusive sound, as an electronically produced drone or the sound of rain, used to mask or obliterate unwanted sounds.
- white sound — white noise.
- whiteprints — Plural form of whiteprint.
- whitethorns — Plural form of whitethorn.
- whitishness — The quality of being whitish.
- whitsuntide — the week beginning with Whitsunday, especially the first three days of this week.
- wienerwurst — Vienna sausage.
- wind tunnel — a tubular chamber or structure in which a steady current of air can be maintained at a controlled velocity, equipped with devices for measuring and recording forces and moments on scale models of complete aircraft or of their parts or, sometimes, on full-scale aircraft or their parts.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- wiretapping — an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.
- wistfulness — characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- witenagemot — the assembly of the witan; the national council attended by the king, aldermen, bishops, and nobles.
- with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- 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.
- withstander — A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
- witlessness — lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.