11-letter words containing w, a, g
- 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).
- 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.
- swamp buggy — an amphibious vehicle for use in and around swamps, typically having an automobile engine, four-wheel drive, large wheels with deep treads, and a raised chassis.
- swan-upping — the taking up of young swans to mark them with nicks on the beak for identification.
- 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.
- swiss guard — a member of a corps of bodyguards protecting the pope, with membership restricted to natives of Switzerland.
- switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
- sword grass — any of various grasses or plants having swordlike or sharp leaves, as the sword lily.
- 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.
- unawakening — not characterized by wakefulness
- unrewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- unwandering — not wandering or roving, remaining in one place
- unwedgeable — unable to be split or divided by wedges
- 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.
- wading bird — wader (def 2).
- wading pool — a small, shallow pool for children to wade and play in.
- wage earner — a person who works for wages, especially a laborer.
- wage freeze — earnings fixed at current amount
- wage packet — regular pay from an employer
- 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
- wagga wagga — a city in central New South Wales, in SE Australia.
- waggishness — Waggish behaviour.
- 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.