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11-letter words containing o, n, w, e

  • groundswell — a broad, deep swell or rolling of the sea, due to a distant storm or gale.
  • groundwater — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
  • growth cone — a flattened area at the end of a growing axon or dendrite, having radiating filopodia and lemellopodia that function as guides for the outgrowth of embryonic nerve fibers.
  • growthiness — the quality of being growthy
  • guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
  • guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
  • guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
  • hammer down — a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
  • hand-worker — a person who does handwork
  • hereinbelow — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
  • hinshelwood — Sir Cyril Norman, 1897–1967, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1956.
  • homeworking — Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.
  • honey wagon — a wagon or truck for collecting and carrying excrement or manure.
  • honey-sweet — sweet as honey.
  • hornswoggle — to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
  • horse-drawn — A horse-drawn carriage, cart, or other vehicle is one that is pulled by one or more horses.
  • house owner — A house owner is a person who owns a house.
  • howe, denis — Denis Howe
  • hunker down — to squat on one's heels (often followed by down).
  • in the know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
  • inflow pipe — the pipe that brings water or gas into a place
  • ingrownness — the quality of having ingrown
  • inner woman — a woman's mind, soul, or nature
  • interflowed — Simple past tense and past participle of interflow.
  • intergrowth — growth or growing together, as of one thing with or into another.
  • ironworkers — Plural form of ironworker.
  • ithiel town — Ithiel [ith-ee-uh l] /ˈɪθ i əl/ (Show IPA), 1784–1844, U.S. architect.
  • jimson weed — a coarse, rank-smelling weed, Datura stramonium, of the nightshade family, having oaklike, poisonous leaves and tubular white or lavender flowers.
  • jimsonweeds — Plural form of jimsonweed.
  • journeywork — the work of a journeyman.
  • jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
  • kidney worm — any of various large nematodes parasitic in the kidneys, especially Stephanurus dentatus, found in pigs.
  • know better — be sufficiently wise
  • knowingness — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
  • knowledging — Present participle of knowledge.
  • land worker — a person who works on the land
  • leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
  • leeuwenhoek — Anton van [ahn-tawn vahn] /ˈɑn tɔn vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1632–1723, Dutch naturalist and microscopist.
  • long-winded — talking or writing at tedious length: long-winded after-dinner speakers.
  • low-context — tending to communicate by electronic methods such as e-mail, rather than in person
  • low-density — having a low concentration.
  • low-protein — Low-protein substances contain very little protein.
  • low-tension — subjected to, or capable of operating under, relatively low voltage: low-tension wire. Abbreviation: lt, L.T.
  • lower bound — an element less than or equal to all the elements in a given set: The numbers 0 and 1 are lower bounds of the set consisting of 1, 2, and 3.
  • lower rhine — a section of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany and the North Sea.
  • luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
  • madonnawise — in the manner of a Madonna
  • marine snow — small particles of organic biogenic marine sediment, including the remains of organisms, faecal matter, and the shells of planktonic organisms, that slowly drift down to the sea floor
  • market town — a town where a regularly scheduled market is held.
  • marrow bean — a plump-seeded strain of the common field bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), grown for its dry, edible seeds
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