11-letter words containing w, a, n, i
- walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- 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).
- wanted list — a list of people being searched for by the police in connection with a crime that has been committed
- war cabinet — government wartime committee
- 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.
- warlikeness — the state of being warlike
- 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.
- warrantying — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- waspishness — The quality of being waspish.
- wasserstein — Wendy, 1950–2006, U.S. playwright.
- watch chain — a chain, frequently of gold or silver, attached to a pocket watch, serving as an ornament and, when passed through a buttonhole in the vest, as a guard against loss or theft of the watch.
- 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 inlet — opening designed to let water in
- water paint — a pigment, as watercolor, in which water is used as the vehicle.
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- 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.
- waterfinder — a dowser; water witch.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- waxing moon — the moon at any time after new moon and before full moon, so called because its illuminated area is increasing.
- way station — a station intermediate between principal stations, as on a railroad.
- 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.
- weak-minded — having or showing a lack of mental firmness; irresolute; vacillating.
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- wedding day — the day of a wedding.
- 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.
- weismannism — the theories of heredity as expounded by Weismann, especially the theory that all inheritable characteristics are carried in the germ plasm, and that acquired characteristics cannot be inherited.
- wesleyanism — the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.
- west covina — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- west indian — (used with a plural verb). Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
- west-facing — orientated towards the west
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- wet machine — a machine for dewatering pulp.
- wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- whit monday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
- whit sunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- white aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- white bacon — bacon (def 2).
- whole-grain — of or being natural or unprocessed grain containing the germ and bran.
- wholegrains — Wholegrains are the grains of cereals such as wheat and maize that have not been processed.