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

  • microwaving — Present participle of microwave.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
  • 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.
  • 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
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • tangle with — get involved with
  • the wagoner — Auriga
  • 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
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