11-letter words containing n, s, w
- washerwomen — Plural form of washerwoman.
- waspishness — The quality of being waspish.
- wasserstein — Wendy, 1950–2006, U.S. playwright.
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- water snake — any of numerous and widely distributed harmless snakes of the genus Natrix, inhabiting areas in or near fresh water.
- water wings — an inflatable contrivance shaped like a pair of wings, usually worn under the arms to keep the body afloat while one swims or learns to swim.
- waterfronts — Plural form of waterfront.
- watermelons — Plural form of watermelon.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- watson-watt — Sir Robert Alexander, 1892–1973, Scottish physicist: helped develop radar.
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- watt-second — a unit of energy equal to the energy of one watt acting for one second; the equivalent of one joule.
- wavelengths — Plural form of wavelength.
- way station — a station intermediate between principal stations, as on a railroad.
- waywardness — The quality of being wayward.
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- web hosting — the business of providing various services, hardware, and software for websites, as storage and maintenance of site files on a server.
- web spinner — any of several slender insects, of the order Embioptera, that nest in colonies in silken webs spun with secretions from the enlarged front legs.
- weekendings — weekends during which one goes away from home
- weightiness — having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
- weismannism — the theories of heredity as expounded by Weismann, especially the theory that all inheritable characteristics are carried in the germ plasm, and that acquired characteristics cannot be inherited.
- welcomeness — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- well design — Well design is the features that are considered when planning and constructing a well.
- well-chosen — chosen with care, as for suitability or preciseness: He entered at a well-chosen moment.
- well-spoken — speaking well, fittingly, or pleasingly: The new chairwoman was very well-spoken.
- wellingtons — Plural form of wellington.
- wellsprings — Plural form of wellspring.
- wendy house — a child's playhouse.
- wensleydale — a rich, medium-hard, white cheese with blue veins, somewhat strong in flavor.
- wentletraps — Plural form of wentletrap.
- wesleyanism — the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.
- west bengal — a state in E India: formerly part of the province of Bengal. 33,805 sq. mi. (87,555 sq. km). Capital: Calcutta. Compare Bengal (def 1).
- west berlin — Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter.
- west covina — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- west german — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.
- west helena — a city in E Arkansas.
- 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 indies — (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.
- west monroe — a city in N Louisiana.
- west orange — a town in NE New Jersey, near Newark.
- west riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, England.
- west seneca — a city in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- west-facing — orientated towards the west
- westernised — to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- westernized — to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- westernizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of westernize.
- westernmost — most western or westerly; farthest west.
- westminster — a central borough (officially a city) of Greater London, England: Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace.