11-letter words containing w, a, g, e
- new-fangled — If someone describes a new idea or a new piece of equipment as new-fangled, they mean that it is too complicated or is unnecessary.
- news agency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
- newsagent's — a shop that sells newspapers and magazines
- newscasting — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- 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.
- pigeon hawk — merlin.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- 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.
- sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
- screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
- sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.
- sewage farm — a place where sewage is treated, esp for use as manure
- sewage pipe — a pipe used to carry waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories
- shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- 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).
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- 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.
- sweat gland — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- sweat lodge — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
- sweet grass — any of several fragrant plants, as manna grass or the sweet flag.
- swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out
- swing state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- tangle with — get involved with
- the gallows — execution by hanging
- 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
- to give way — If an object that is supporting something gives way, it breaks or collapses, so that it can no longer support that thing.
- tongues wag — If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
- tower wagon — a trailer carrying an extensible ladder for use in firefighting, photography, repairing overhead wires, trimming trees, etc. Compare cherry picker (def 2).
- unawakening — not characterized by wakefulness
- unrewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- unwandering — not wandering or roving, remaining in one place