11-letter words containing w, a, g, t
- night watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- 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
- right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
- rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
- rowing boat — rowboat.
- sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
- scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- 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.
- straightway — straightaway.
- strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
- 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 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.
- switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
- tangle with — get involved with
- the gallows — execution by hanging
- the wagoner — Auriga
- thoroughwax — an umbelliferous plant with yellow flowers and perfoliate leaves, Bupleurum rotundifolium
- through way — a way that traffic or vehicles can pass through
- thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
- 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).
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- tragic flaw — the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
- wage packet — regular pay from an employer
- wagon train — a train of wagons and horses, as one carrying military supplies or transporting settlers in the westward migration.
- wagon vault — barrel vault.
- wagonwright — a person who makes wagons
- wainscoting — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- wainwrights — Plural form of wainwright.
- waitressing — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- walkthrough — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- war footing — the condition or status of a military force or other organization when operating under a state of war or as if a state of war existed.
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- warfighting — (military) The fighting of a war.
- warrantying — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- watch guard — a short chain, cord, or ribbon for securing a watch when worn on the person.