11-letter words containing w, a, i, t
- flowability — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- fritterware — An excess of capability that serves no productive end. The canonical example is font-diddling software on the Mac (see macdink); the term describes anything that eats huge amounts of time for quite marginal gains in function but seduces people into using it anyway. See also window shopping.
- gang switch — a collection of switches connected to separate circuits and operating simultaneously.
- get weaving — to hurry; start to do something
- giftwrapped — wrapped attractively in pretty paper, perhaps with ribbons or other decorations
- give way to — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- graniteware — a kind of ironware with a gray, stonelike enamel.
- gripe water — a solution given to infants to relieve colic
- hack writer — a writer of undistinguished literary work produced to order
- half-witted — feeble-minded.
- handwriting — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
- handwritten — to write (something) by hand.
- hawaii time — Alaska-Hawaii time.
- head waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- head-waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
- heavyweight — heavy in weight.
- heir at law — a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.
- heir-at-law — a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- i know what — I have an idea
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- if you want — as you please
- in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
- india wheat — a buckwheat, Fagopyrum tataricum, of India, having loose clusters of greenish or yellowish flowers, grown for soil improvement.
- interweaved — to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
- interweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interweave.
- iykwimaityd — if you know what I mean and I think you do
- jesuit ware — Chinese porcelain of the early 18th century, decorated with Christian motifs, usually in black and gold on a white background.
- jew-baiting — active anti-Semitism.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- know it all — a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
- know-it-all — a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
- knowability — capable of being known.
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- law society — association of lawyers
- lawn tennis — tennis, especially when played on a grass court.
- lead weight — a weight made of lead
- lie in wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
- lignite wax — a dark-brown bituminous wax extracted from lignite and peat: used chiefly in polishes and waxes for furniture, shoes, etc.
- limited war — a war conducted with less than a nation's total resources and restricted in aim to less than total defeat of the enemy.
- low-quality — substandard; of inferior quality: It’s hard to make a delicious dish when you start with low-quality ingredients. Repairs made with low-quality parts are cheaper, but they won’t last long.
- lutosławski — Witold (ˈvitɔlt). 1913–94, Polish composer, whose works frequently juxtapose aleatoric and notated writing
- mains water — gas supplied to a building through pipes
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- malt whisky — whisky, as Scotch, made entirely from malted barley.
- martial law — the law temporarily imposed upon an area by state or national military forces when civil authority has broken down or during wartime military operations.
- misbestowal — a wrong or improper bestowal