11-letter words containing n, e, w, d, a
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- sweat gland — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
- sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
- tae kwon do — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- the tynwald — the Parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of the crown, lieutenant governor, House of Keys, and legislative council
- 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.
- tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
- under watch — If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
- under wraps — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- under-drawn — to line the underside of (a structure, as a floor) with plasterwork, boarding, or the like.
- unpathwayed — unpathed, pathless
- unrewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- unswallowed — not swallowed
- unterwalden — a canton in central Switzerland: divided into demicantons.
- unwandering — not wandering or roving, remaining in one place
- unwarranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- unweathered — not weathered; not changed by exposure to the weather
- unwedgeable — unable to be split or divided by wedges
- unwoundable — incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
- valley wind — a wind that ascends a mountain valley during the day.
- vinegarweed — a plant, Trichostema lanceolatum, of the mint family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having clusters of blue flowers with long, protruding filaments and growing in dry, sandy soil.
- wainscotted — Having a wainscot.
- wake island — an island in the N Pacific, belonging to the U.S.: air base. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km).
- walden pond — a pond in NE Massachusetts, near Concord: site of Thoreau's cottage and inspiration for his book Walden, or Life in the Woods.
- waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
- waldsterben — the symptoms of tree decline in central Europe from the 1970s, considered to be caused by atmospheric pollution
- walk-behind — being a motor-driven machine, as a power lawn mower or a snowblower, designed for operation with the operator walking behind and guiding the machine by its handle controls.
- walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- wand reader — wand (def 6).
- wand-reader — a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
- wander plug — an electrical plug on the end of a flexible wire, for insertion into any of a number of sockets
- wanderingly — In a way that wanders.
- wanted list — a list of people being searched for by the police in connection with a crime that has been committed
- waterfinder — a dowser; water witch.
- watt-second — a unit of energy equal to the energy of one watt acting for one second; the equivalent of one joule.
- waywardness — The quality of being wayward.
- weak ending — a verse ending in which the metrical stress falls on a word or syllable that would not be stressed in natural utterance, as a preposition, the object of which is carried over to the next line.
- weak-minded — having or showing a lack of mental firmness; irresolute; vacillating.
- wedding day — the day of a wedding.
- weekend bag — weekender (def 3).
- well-earned — You can use well-earned to indicate that you think something is deserved, usually because the person who gets it has been working very hard.
- wensleydale — a rich, medium-hard, white cheese with blue veins, somewhat strong in flavor.
- west indian — (used with a plural verb). Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
- west jordan — a town in N central Utah.
- westmorland — a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria, partially in the Lake District.
- whangdoodle — a fanciful creature of undefined nature.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- wild orange — laurel cherry.
- wilkes land — a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.