11-letter words containing n, o, w, t
- oversweeten — to sweeten too much
- overwritten — to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style: He overwrites his essays to the point of absurdity.
- own up (to) — to confess (to)
- oxbow front — a front, as of a chest of drawers, having a curve with a concave section between two convex ones.
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- patrolwoman — a policewoman who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- peanut worm — any small, unsegmented, marine worm of the phylum Sipuncula, that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body, giving the appearance of a peanut seed.
- plantswoman — a nurserywoman.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- power point — electrical socket
- power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
- pro-western — lying toward or situated in the west: our company's western office.
- put down as — If you put someone or something down as a particular type of person or thing, you consider that they are that thing.
- put down to — ascribe to
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- resort town — a holiday town
- robert owen — Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
- round tower — a freestanding circular stone belfry built in Ireland from the 10th century beside a monastery and used as a place of refuge
- rowing boat — rowboat.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- settle down — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- seventy-two — a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.
- shanty town — ghetto, slum
- shower unit — fitted shower
- shunt-wound — noting a motor or a generator that has the field circuit connected in parallel with the armature winding.
- slow motion — cinema: slower than in reality
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- slow-motion — of, pertaining to or made in slow motion: a slow-motion replay.
- smooth down — make flat and even
- snow report — a regular weather report that concentrates on details of amounts of snow and conditions at ski resorts
- snowy egret — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered.
- songwriting — composing melodies and lyrics
- sopping wet — soaked, dripping
- south downs — a range of low hills, from Hampshire to East Sussex, in S England.
- sportswoman — a woman who engages in sports.
- stanislawow — Polish name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
- state-owned — owned by the state; not privately owned
- stateswoman — a woman who is experienced in the art of government.
- steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
- stonewaller — to engage in stonewalling.
- stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- stoneworker — any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.
- strand wolf — brown hyena.
- strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- stunt woman — a woman who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.