11-letter words containing r, u, n, w
- knackwursts — Plural form of knackwurst.
- knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
- low-country — Often, Low-Country. of or relating to the Low Countries.
- 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.
- manual work — work involving the hands, as opposed to an office job, for example
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.
- natural law — a principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature, right reason, or religion and as ethically binding in human society.
- nature walk — a walk on a nature trail, especially with an experienced guide.
- new country — a style of country music that emerged in the late 1980s characterized by a more contemporary sound and down-to-earth rather than sentimental lyrics
- newburyport — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- number work — simple arithmetic and similar mathematical procedures as used and studied at primary level
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- outswingers — Plural form of outswinger.
- outwardness — (uncountable) The quality of being outward.
- peanut worm — any small, unsegmented, marine worm of the phylum Sipuncula, that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body, giving the appearance of a peanut seed.
- polonnaruwa — a town in E central Sri Lanka: Buddhist ruins.
- powder burn — a skin burn caused by exploding gunpowder.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- round tower — a freestanding circular stone belfry built in Ireland from the 10th century beside a monastery and used as a place of refuge
- rowing club — rowboat association
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- show around — guide round a new place
- shower unit — fitted shower
- skunk works — (usually lowercase). Also, skunk works, skunkworks [skuhngk-wurks] /ˈskʌŋkˌwɜrks/ (Show IPA). Slang. an often secret experimental laboratory or facility for producing innovative products, as in the computer or aerospace field.
- snowsurfing — the use of a board without bindings to travel over snow
- sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
- superweapon — an extremely powerful weapon
- to run wild — If something or someone, especially a child, runs wild, they behave in a natural, free, or uncontrolled way.
- tongue worm — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- tundra swan — a swan, Cygnus columbianus, nesting in tundra regions of both the New and Old Worlds, having a black bill with a yellow spot at the base.
- twenty-four — a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.
- un-showered — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- unawareness — not aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change.
- under watch — If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
- under wraps — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- under-drawn — to line the underside of (a structure, as a floor) with plasterwork, boarding, or the like.
- under-weigh — under weigh, Nautical. in motion; under way.
- undergrowth — low-lying vegetation or small trees growing beneath larger trees; underbrush.
- underviewer — a person who inspects a mine every day
- underweight — weighing less than is usual, required, or proper.
- underwiring — support provided by an underwire
- underworked — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- underworker — a person who underworks
- underwriter — a person or company that underwrites policies of insurance or carries on insurance as a business.
- unempowered — to give power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means: I empowered my agent to make the deal for me. The local ordinance empowers the board of health to close unsanitary restaurants.
- unforeknown — not foreknown
- unix wizard — (job) Someone with a deep understanding of Unix. See wizard.
- unrenewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- unrewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.