11-letter words containing w, a, n, g
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
- walking bus — a group of schoolchildren walking together along an agreed route to and from school, accompanied by adults, with children joining and leaving the group at prearranged points
- wallingford — a town in S Connecticut.
- wander plug — an electrical plug on the end of a flexible wire, for insertion into any of a number of sockets
- wanderingly — In a way that wanders.
- wang an shi — 1021–86, Chinese statesman and writer: remembered for his economic reforms, known as the New Policies (1069–76)
- waning moon — the moon at any time after full moon and before new moon (so called because its illuminated area is decreasing).
- war footing — the condition or status of a military force or other organization when operating under a state of war or as if a state of war existed.
- warchalking — the practice of marking chalk symbols on walls and pavements at places where local wireless internet connections may be obtained for free via a computer, usually without permission
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
- warfighting — (military) The fighting of a war.
- warm spring — a thermal spring having a temperature of up to 98°F (37°C).
- warming pan — a long-handled, covered pan, usually of brass, filled with live coals or hot water for warming a cold bed.
- warmongerer — Misspelling of warmonger.
- warrantying — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- warrensburg — a town in central Missouri.
- watch night — the last night of the year, observed in a watch meeting.
- watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- water wagon — a wagon used to transport water, as in military field operations or on a construction site.
- water wings — an inflatable contrivance shaped like a pair of wings, usually worn under the arms to keep the body afloat while one swims or learns to swim.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- wave energy — energy obtained by harnessing wave power
- wavelengths — Plural form of wavelength.
- waxing moon — the moon at any time after new moon and before full moon, so called because its illuminated area is increasing.
- weak ending — a verse ending in which the metrical stress falls on a word or syllable that would not be stressed in natural utterance, as a preposition, the object of which is carried over to the next line.
- wedding day — the day of a wedding.
- weekend bag — weekender (def 3).
- weigh a ton — If you say that something weighs a ton, you mean that it is extremely heavy.
- weingartner — (Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- west bengal — a state in E India: formerly part of the province of Bengal. 33,805 sq. mi. (87,555 sq. km). Capital: Calcutta. Compare Bengal (def 1).
- west german — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.