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11-letter words containing w, a, g

  • money wages — wages evaluated with reference to the money paid rather than the equivalent purchasing power
  • new england — an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
  • new georgia — a group of islands in the Solomon Islands.
  • new glasgow — a city in N central Nova Scotia, in E Canada.
  • new granada — a former Spanish viceroyalty in NW South America, comprising the present republics of Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • orangewoman — a female member of the Orangemen
  • outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
  • overdrawing — Present participle of overdraw.
  • paddy wagon — Informal. patrol wagon.
  • 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.
  • pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
  • pigeon hawk — merlin.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
  • rowing boat — rowboat.
  • saginaw bay — an arm of Lake Huron, off the E coast of Michigan. 60 miles (97 km) long.
  • sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
  • sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
  • scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
  • scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
  • 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.
  • shadowgraph — a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like.
  • sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
  • slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
  • snow grains — precipitation consisting of white, opaque ice particles usually less than one millimeter in diameter.
  • snowballing — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
  • snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
  • 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
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