11-letter words containing n, o, r, w, i
- whitethorns — Plural form of whitethorn.
- whodunnitry — the style or genre of novels, plays, etc concerned with crime
- whole-grain — of or being natural or unprocessed grain containing the germ and bran.
- wholegrains — Wholegrains are the grains of cereals such as wheat and maize that have not been processed.
- wild orange — laurel cherry.
- win through — succeed despite obstacles
- wind-broken — having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.
- windsor tie — a wide, soft necktie of black silk, tied at the neck in a loose bow.
- wine cooler — a bucket for holding ice to chill a bottle of wine.
- wine grower — a person who owns or works in a vineyard and winery.
- winegrowing — the work or business of a winegrower.
- wing collar — a stand-up collar having the front edges or corners folded down, worn by men for formal or evening dress.
- wing covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's wing feathers.
- wing mirror — small mirror at either side of a vehicle
- 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 rose — Christmas rose.
- wireworking — the use of wire to make functional or decorative works
- with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- witherspoon — John, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
- withindoors — into or inside the house.
- wonder girl — an outstanding girl or woman
- wonderingly — In a wondering manner; with wonderment.
- woodcarving — the art or technique of carving objects by hand from wood or of carving decorations into wood.
- woodturning — The action of shaping wood with a lathe.
- woodworking — the act or art of making things of wood.
- wordishness — the use or manner of using words
- working bee — a voluntary group doing a job for charity
- working day — daytime hours occupied by work
- working dog — one of any of several breeds of usually large, powerful dogs originally developed to assist people in their daily work, as draft animals, guard dogs, and guide dogs, and including the boxer, bullmastiff, Doberman pinscher, Great Dane, St. Bernard, and Siberian Husky.
- working-day — workaday; everyday.
- workmanlike — like or befitting a workman.
- workmanship — the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.
- workstation — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
- world point — (in relativity) a point in space-time, specified by three space coordinates and a time coordinate. Compare event (def 4).
- worldliness — of or relating to this world as contrasted with heaven, spiritual life, etc.; earthly; mundane.
- worshipping — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- worthington — a town in central Ohio.
- wrist joint — articulation between arm and hand
- wrong thing — (jargon) A design, action, or decision that is clearly incorrect or inappropriate. Often capitalised; always emphasised in speech as if capitalised. The opposite of the Right Thing; more generally, anything that is not the Right Thing. In cases where "the good is the enemy of the best", the merely good - although good - is nevertheless the Wrong Thing. "In C, the default is for module-level declarations to be visible everywhere, rather than just within the module. This is clearly the Wrong Thing."
- wrongdoings — Plural form of wrongdoing.
- yellow rain — small, powdery yellow deposits containing the fungal toxin tricothecene, found on leaves and other surfaces in Southeast Asia and Afghanistan in the early 1980s and alleged by some to be a chemical weapon disseminated by air but claimed by others to be pollen-containing bee excrement contaminated by fungus.
- zwitterions — Plural form of zwitterion.