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11-letter words containing w, a, n, e

  • remand wing — a special area within a prison for prisoners who are awaiting trial
  • repairwoman — a woman whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
  • rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
  • samian ware — a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley a.d. 100–300 and copied from Arretine ware.
  • satin weave — one of the basic weave structures in which the filling threads are interlaced with the warp at widely separated intervals, producing the effect of an unbroken surface.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • scaled-down — reduced in level of activity, extent, numbers, etc
  • screen wash — a fluid that is squirted onto a car windscreen to clean it
  • sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.
  • shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
  • shallowness — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
  • sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
  • snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
  • snell's law — the law that, for a ray incident on the interface of two media, the sine of the angle of incidence times the index of refraction of the first medium is equal to the sine of the angle of refraction times the index of refraction of the second medium.
  • snow banner — snow being blown off a mountaintop.
  • snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
  • spokeswoman — a woman who speaks for another person or for a group.
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • st. andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
  • state-owned — owned by the state; not privately owned
  • stateswoman — a woman who is experienced in the art of government.
  • stonewaller — to engage in stonewalling.
  • stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
  • sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
  • superweapon — an extremely powerful weapon
  • swan maiden — any of a class of folkloric maidens, in many Indo-European and Asian tales, capable of being transformed into swans, as by magic or sorcery.
  • swan's neck — a shallow S-curve used in decorative work.
  • swan-necked — having a neck that is long and elegant like that of a swan
  • swansea bay — an inlet of the Bristol Channel, on which the port of Swansea stands
  • swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
  • swear blind — to assert emphatically
  • 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 pants — loose-fitting pants of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, usually with a drawstring at the waist and close-fitting or elastic cuffs at the ankles, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
  • 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.
  • switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
  • sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
  • tae kwon do — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
  • talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
  • tangle with — get involved with
  • the haywain — a famous picture by John Constable
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the new man — a type of modern man who allows the caring side of his nature to show by being supportive and by sharing child care and housework
  • the tynwald — the Parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of the crown, lieutenant governor, House of Keys, and legislative council
  • 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
  • tongues wag — If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
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