11-letter words containing o, n, w, e
- downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
- downpayment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- downriggers — Plural form of downrigger.
- downshifted — Simple past tense and past participle of downshift.
- downstrokes — Plural form of downstroke.
- downtrodden — tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.
- downwelling — a downward current of surface water in the ocean, usually caused by differences in the density of seawater.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- dumbed down — (jargon) Simplified, with a strong connotation of *over*simplified. Often, a marketroid will insist that the interfaces and documentation of software be dumbed down after the designer has burned untold gallons of midnight oil making it smart. This creates friction. See user-friendly.
- elbow joint — the joint between the upper arm and the forearm, formed by the junction of the radius and ulna with the humerus
- embowelment — a disembowelment
- embowerment — the act of embowering
- empowerment — The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group.
- evergrowing — Which grows without ceasing, with no end in sight.
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
- fisherwoman — a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- fisherwomen — Plural form of fisherwoman.
- flesh wound — a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- flowingness — the quality of being flowing
- foreknowing — Present participle of foreknow.
- foreshowing — Present participle of foreshow.
- forewarning — to warn in advance.
- forswearing — Present participle of forswear.
- forwardness — overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.
- frankenword — (neologism) A word formed by combining two (or more) other words; a portmanteau.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- friendswood — a city in SE Texas.
- front vowel — a vowel sound produced with the tongue in a position near the front of the mouth, such as the 'a' in 'at' or the 'e' in bed
- frowardness — The quality of being froward.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- gallowsness — the quality of being bold or reckless
- geneva gown — a loose, large-sleeved, black preaching gown worn by members of the Protestant clergy: so named from its use by the Calvinist clergy of Geneva, Switzerland.
- gentlewoman — a woman of good family, breeding, or social position.
- gentlewomen — Plural form of gentlewoman.
- george town — Also, George Town. a seaport in and the capital of the state of Penang, in NW Malaysia.
- get down to — start
- get nowhere — make no progress
- get wind of — hear rumours of
- gobble down — eat hungrily
- golden glow — a tall garden black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia laciniata) with numerous globular, yellow ray flower heads
- goosewinged — (of a square sail) having the lee clew furled while the weather clew is held taut.
- green power — the power of money, viewed as a social force.
- green words — green bytes
- ground crew — ground personnel responsible for the maintenance and repair of aircraft.
- ground wave — a radio wave that propagates on or near the earth's surface and is affected by the ground and the troposphere.
- ground wire — a lead from an electric apparatus to the earth or to a ground connection.