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11-letter words containing n, e, w, s, d

  • passed pawn — a pawn with no opposing pawn either on an adjacent file or on its own file.
  • powder snow — powder1 (def 3).
  • renewedness — the quality or state of being renewed or having been renewed
  • rose window — a circular window decorated with tracery symmetrical about the center.
  • scaled-down — reduced in level of activity, extent, numbers, etc
  • second wind — the return of ease in breathing after exhaustion caused by continued physical exertion, as in running.
  • settle down — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
  • shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
  • sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
  • simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
  • single-wide — a mobile home used as a permanent residence.
  • snow bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
  • snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
  • spoken word — The spoken word is used to refer to language expressed in speech, for example in contrast to written texts or music.
  • sponge down — to wipe clean with a damp sponge or cloth
  • st. andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
  • state-owned — owned by the state; not privately owned
  • stem-winder — a stemwinding watch.
  • stemwinding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
  • stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
  • strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
  • swan maiden — any of a class of folkloric maidens, in many Indo-European and Asian tales, capable of being transformed into swans, as by magic or sorcery.
  • swan-necked — having a neck that is long and elegant like that of a swan
  • swear blind — to assert emphatically
  • sweat gland — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • 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.
  • the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
  • thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
  • 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.
  • twofoldness — the quality or state of being twofold
  • un-showered — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
  • under wraps — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
  • unswallowed — not swallowed
  • unsweetened — to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
  • unwitnessed — lacking the signature of a witness: an unwitnessed legal document.
  • upside down — with the upper part undermost.
  • vowel sound — spoken language: open sound
  • 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).
  • waldsterben — the symptoms of tree decline in central Europe from the 1970s, considered to be caused by atmospheric pollution
  • walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
  • wanted list — a list of people being searched for by the police in connection with a crime that has been committed
  • 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.
  • weekendings — weekends during which one goes away from home
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