11-letter words containing n, w, b
- swansea bay — an inlet of the Bristol Channel, on which the port of Swansea stands
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- thumbs down — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- thumbs-down — an act or instance of dissent, disapproval, etc.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- tumble down — collapse, fall
- tumble-down — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
- twin-bedded — A twin-bedded room has two single beds.
- unallowable — not allowable; unacceptable or inadmissible
- unbeknownst — unknown; unperceived; without one's knowledge (usually followed by to).
- unrenewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- unwatchable — detectable; apparent.
- unweariable — incapable of wearying or being wearied; tireless
- unweariably — in an unweariable manner
- unwedgeable — unable to be split or divided by wedges
- unwoundable — incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
- wading bird — wader (def 2).
- waldsterben — the symptoms of tree decline in central Europe from the 1970s, considered to be caused by atmospheric pollution
- walk-behind — being a motor-driven machine, as a power lawn mower or a snowblower, designed for operation with the operator walking behind and guiding the machine by its handle controls.
- walking bus — a group of schoolchildren walking together along an agreed route to and from school, accompanied by adults, with children joining and leaving the group at prearranged points
- war cabinet — government wartime committee
- warrantable — capable of being warranted.
- warrantably — In a way that is justified; reasonably.
- warrensburg — a town in central Missouri.
- water-borne — A water-borne disease or infection is one that people can catch from infected water.
- wave number — the number of waves in one centimeter of light in a given wavelength; the reciprocal of the wavelength.
- 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.
- weekend bag — weekender (def 3).
- well-beaten — formed or shaped by blows; hammered: a dish of beaten brass.
- well-bonded — secured by or consisting of bonds: bonded debt.
- 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.
- wet blanket — person: spoilsport
- wet-blanket — to extinguish (a fire) with a wet blanket.
- wheelie bin — refuse bin on wheels
- white bacon — bacon (def 2).
- wilkinsburg — a borough in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- wind-broken — having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.
- windbaggery — Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
- windbreaker — A wind -resistant jacket with a close-fitting neck, waistband, and cuffs.
- window back — woodwork, especially paneling, beneath the stool of a window.
- wine bucket — A wine bucket is a container that holds ice cubes or cold water and ice. You can use it to put bottles of wine in and keep the wine cool.
- wineberries — Plural form of wineberry.
- winged bean — a tropical Asian vine, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, of the legume family, of which the pods, seeds, leaves, and flowers are edible and nutritious.
- winnability — a capacity for winning or being won
- winterberry — any of several North American hollies of the genus Ilex, having red berries that are persistent through the winter.
- with a bang — begin, end: in a dramatic way
- witness box — witness stand.
- witness-box — witness stand.