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11-letter words containing t, w, i, r

  • littleworth — worthless; of little value
  • low-protein — Low-protein substances contain very little protein.
  • lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
  • lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
  • mains water — gas supplied to a building through pipes
  • martial law — the law temporarily imposed upon an area by state or national military forces when civil authority has broken down or during wartime military operations.
  • microswitch — a highly sensitive switch used in automatic-control devices.
  • microwriter — a small device with six keys for creating text that can be printed or displayed on a visual display unit
  • millwrights — Plural form of millwright.
  • motion work — clockwork by which the hour hand is driven from the shaft of the minute hand.
  • new britain — the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, in the W central Pacific Ocean. About 14,600 sq. mi. (37,814 sq. km). Capital: Rabaul.
  • news editor — a person who is in charge of the news desk at a newspaper or broadcasting organization and whose job is to oversee the selection and preparation of news items for publication or broadcast
  • newswriting — writing for publication in a newspaper, often reporting current events; journalism.
  • nicht wahr? — isn't that so?
  • nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
  • nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
  • otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
  • outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
  • outswingers — Plural form of outswinger.
  • overwritten — to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style: He overwrites his essays to the point of absurdity.
  • paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
  • parataniwha — a New Zealand plant, Elatostema rugosa, with pink and red serrated leaves
  • plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
  • playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
  • power elite — a closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.
  • power point — electrical socket
  • power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
  • pre-written — a past participle of write.
  • private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
  • privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
  • prizeworthy — deserving or qualified for a prize: a prizeworthy performance.
  • ratings war — a situation in which each of two or more channels makes a particular effort to attract more viewers or listeners than its rival
  • reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
  • reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • reinterview — to interview or question again
  • rent review — a provision in the lease of a business premise whereby the amount of the rent being paid is reconsidered at stated intervals, for example every three or five years
  • right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
  • riverworthy — (of a boat) able to cross or sail a river safely
  • rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
  • rowing boat — rowboat.
  • sacred writ — Scripture.
  • saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
  • scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
  • screenwrite — (language)   A columnar format third generation programming language similar in layout to assembler and used for transaction processing, solely on the Honeywell Bull TPS6 database/transaction management system on their Level 6 DPS6 minicomputers running under the GCOS6 operating system. In the UK it was mainly used by local authorities and the Ministry of Defense. Being proprietary technology, its popularity waned with the introduction of open systems standards, relational databases and fourth generation languages but it is believed that some systems made it through Y2K.
  • screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
  • shirt-waist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
  • shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
  • shower unit — fitted shower
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