11-letter words containing w, a, n, i
- disallowing — Present participle of disallow.
- dishwashing — the act of washing dishes.
- downgrading — Present participle of downgrade.
- downloading — download
- downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
- downplaying — Present participle of downplay.
- downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
- drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.
- draw a line — If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them.
- drawing pen — a pen with a fine nib used for drawing
- drawing pin — a thumbtack.
- drawstrings — Plural form of drawstring.
- duniewassal — a gentleman, especially a cadet of a ranking family, among the Highlanders of Scotland.
- enwrappings — any hidden things, both tangible and intangible
- eveningwear — Clothes suitable for a formal occasion in the evening.
- finedrawing — Present participle of finedraw.
- finger wave — a wave set by impressing the fingers into hair dampened by lotion or water.
- fire warden — an official assigned to prevent or fight fires, as in a forest, logging operation, camp, or town
- fish warden — a public official who enforces game laws relating to fish.
- fisherwoman — a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- flag-waving — an ostentatiously emotional display of patriotism or factionalism.
- forewarning — to warn in advance.
- forswearing — Present participle of forswear.
- gaming laws — laws relating to gambling and playing games for money
- gang switch — a collection of switches connected to separate circuits and operating simultaneously.
- gas welding — a method of welding in which a combination of gases, usually oxyacetylene, is used to provide a hot flame
- gawkishness — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- get weaving — to hurry; start to do something
- graniteware — a kind of ironware with a gray, stonelike enamel.
- grindelwald — a valley and resort in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland: mountaineering centre, with the Wetterhorn and the Eiger nearby
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
- guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
- hairweaving — the attachment of matching hair to a base of nylon thread interwoven with a person's own hair, as to cover a bald area or to add length: Three of the makeovers involved hairweaving.
- hand waving — insubstantial words, arguments, gestures, or actions used in an attempt to explain or persuade.
- hand-waving — insubstantial words, arguments, gestures, or actions used in an attempt to explain or persuade.
- handweaving — the art or technique of weaving on a handloom.
- handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
- handwriting — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
- handwritten — to write (something) by hand.
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hawkishness — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hillwalking — The pastime of walking in hilly country.
- i know what — I have an idea
- if you want — as you please
- in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
- include war — Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers. In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file.
- india wheat — a buckwheat, Fagopyrum tataricum, of India, having loose clusters of greenish or yellowish flowers, grown for soil improvement.