11-letter words containing w, a, g, e, r
- handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- kew gardens — the Royal Botanic Gardens in the Greater London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, on the River Thames; established in 1759 and given to the nation in 1841
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- leg warmers — a set of coverings for the legs, worn for warmth or, as by dancers rehearsing, to prevent leg cramps
- lewis range — a mountain range in NW Montana, a front range of the N Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Cleveland, 10,466 feet (3192 meters).
- light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
- new georgia — a group of islands in the Solomon Islands.
- new granada — a former Spanish viceroyalty in NW South America, comprising the present republics of Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- orangewoman — a female member of the Orangemen
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- overdrawing — Present participle of overdraw.
- paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- passagework — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- powder flag — red flag (def 4).
- pre-warning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- reawakening — rousing; quickening: an awakening interest in ballet.
- remand wing — a special area within a prison for prisoners who are awaiting trial
- rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
- right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
- screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
- sewage farm — a place where sewage is treated, esp for use as manure
- shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
- software ag — (company) A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
- springwater — water from a spring
- stage screw — a large, tapered screw fitted with a handle, used to secure braces for scenery to the floor of a stage.
- steerageway — sufficient speed to permit a vessel to be maneuvered.
- strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
- swamp barge — A swamp barge is a vessel used for offshore drilling in very shallow water, which is towed out and then rests on the bottom.
- swearing in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
- swearing-in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
- sweet grass — any of several fragrant plants, as manna grass or the sweet flag.
- the wagoner — Auriga
- tiger prawn — a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans
- tower wagon — a trailer carrying an extensible ladder for use in firefighting, photography, repairing overhead wires, trimming trees, etc. Compare cherry picker (def 2).
- unrewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- unwandering — not wandering or roving, remaining in one place
- vinegarweed — a plant, Trichostema lanceolatum, of the mint family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having clusters of blue flowers with long, protruding filaments and growing in dry, sandy soil.
- wage earner — a person who works for wages, especially a laborer.
- wage freeze — earnings fixed at current amount
- wage spread — the difference in wages paid to workers in an industry or profession
- wages clerk — a worker in an office who calculates staff wages
- waitressing — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
- wallaceburg — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- wander plug — an electrical plug on the end of a flexible wire, for insertion into any of a number of sockets
- wanderingly — In a way that wanders.