11-letter words containing n, s, w
- westmorland — a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria, partially in the Lake District.
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- 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?
- wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.
- when-issued — of, relating to, or noting an agreement to buy securities paid for at the time of delivery. Abbreviation: wi, w.i.
- wheyishness — the quality of being wheyish
- whimperings — Plural form of whimpering.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- whisperings — Plural form of whispering.
- whistlingly — with a whistle; in a whistling manner
- whit sunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- 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 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.
- whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
- wholegrains — Wholegrains are the grains of cereals such as wheat and maize that have not been processed.
- wholesaling — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- widdershins — 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.
- wide-screen — of, noting, or pertaining to motion pictures projected on a screen having greater width than height, usually in a ratio of 1 to 2.5.
- wienerwurst — Vienna sausage.
- wilkes land — a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.
- wilkinsburg — a borough in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- willfulness — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
- willingness — disposed or consenting; inclined: willing to go along.
- wimpishness — The state or quality of being wimpish.
- wind chimes — mobile that makes a tinkling sound
- wind sprint — a sprint, usually run several times in succession as part of a conditioning program, to develop an athlete's wind, speed, and endurance.
- wind-screen — windshield.
- wind-shaken — affected by windshake.
- windjammers — Plural form of windjammer.
- windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
- windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
- window sash — the frame holding the pane of a window.
- window seat — a seat built beneath the sill of a recessed or other window.
- window-shop — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
- windowpanes — Plural form of windowpane.
- windows 3.0 — (operating system) A complete rework of Microsoft Windows with many new facilities such as the ability to address memory beyond 640k. It was released in 1990, and vigorous development of applications by third parties helped Microsoft sell over 10 million copies.
- windows 3.1 — (operating system) A version of Microsoft Windows with many improvements over Windows 3.0, including True Type Fonts, Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and Mouse Trails for use with LCD Devices. It also saw the loss of Real Mode, which meant it would no longer run on Intel 8086 processors (did anyone ever do this anyway?). Sometimes described as "stand-alone Windows", in contrast to Windows for Workgroups 3.1. Windows 3.11 is a free bug-fix update. 3.1's successors are Windows 95 and Windows NT.
- windows 4gl — (tool, database) (INGRES/Windows 4GL) A graphical tool running on top of a workstation's native windowing system, to help developers to build user interfaces to INGRES applications.
- windowsills — Plural form of windowsill.
- windscreens — Plural form of windscreen.
- windshields — Plural form of windshield.
- windsor tie — a wide, soft necktie of black silk, tied at the neck in a loose bow.
- windsurfing — a form of sailing in which a flexible sail, free to move in any direction, is mounted on a surfboard and the craft guided by the standing rider.
- wineberries — Plural form of wineberry.