11-letter words containing w, a, n, i
- parataniwha — a New Zealand plant, Elatostema rugosa, with pink and red serrated leaves
- parian ware — an English and American hardpaste porcelain ware introduced c1850, having a white, hard surface and used mainly for biscuit figures.
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- pennine way — a long-distance footpath extending from Edale, Derbyshire, for 402 km (250 miles) to Kirk Yetholm, Scottish Borders
- pickwickian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Mr. Pickwick, central character of The Pickwick Papers.
- pigeon hawk — merlin.
- plain weave — the most common and tightest of basic weave structures in which the filling threads pass over and under successive warp threads and repeat the same pattern with alternate threads in the following row, producing a checkered surface.
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
- powerdomain — (theory) The powerdomain of a domain D is a domain containing some of the subsets of D. Due to the asymmetry condition in the definition of a partial order (and therefore of a domain) the powerdomain cannot contain all the subsets of D. This is because there may be different sets X and Y such that X <= Y and Y <= X which, by the asymmetry condition would have to be considered equal. There are at least three possible orderings of the subsets of a powerdomain: Egli-Milner: X <= Y iff for all x in X, exists y in Y: x <= y and for all y in Y, exists x in X: x <= y ("The other domain always contains a related element"). Hoare or Partial Correctness or Safety: X <= Y iff for all x in X, exists y in Y: x <= y ("The bigger domain always contains a bigger element"). Smyth or Total Correctness or Liveness: X <= Y iff for all y in Y, exists x in X: x <= y ("The smaller domain always contains a smaller element"). If a powerdomain represents the result of an abstract interpretation in which a bigger value is a safe approximation to a smaller value then the Hoare powerdomain is appropriate because the safe approximation Y to the powerdomain X contains a safe approximation to each point in X. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
- 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
- rain shadow — a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.
- rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- 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
- rear window — the window at the back of a motor vehicle
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- reawakening — rousing; quickening: an awakening interest in ballet.
- 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
- 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.
- samian ware — a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley a.d. 100–300 and copied from Arretine ware.
- sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sash window — A sash window is a window which consists of two frames placed one above the other. The window can be opened by sliding one frame over the other.
- 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.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
- shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- 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.
- snow chains — device that gives tyres extra grip
- 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
- stanislaw i — (Stanislaw Leszczynski) Stanislaus I.
- stanislawow — Polish name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
- 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.