11-letter words containing w, a, n, k
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- nature walk — a walk on a nature trail, especially with an experienced guide.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- pickwickian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Mr. Pickwick, central character of The Pickwick Papers.
- pigeon hawk — merlin.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- random walk — Statistics. the path taken by a point or quantity that moves in steps, where the direction of each step is determined randomly.
- reawakening — rousing; quickening: an awakening interest in ballet.
- 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.
- spokeswoman — a woman who speaks for another person or for a group.
- sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
- swan's neck — a shallow S-curve used in decorative work.
- swan-necked — having a neck that is long and elegant like that of a swan
- szymanowski — Karol [kah-rawl] /ˈkɑ rɔl/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1937, Polish composer.
- tae kwon do — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- unawakening — not characterized by wakefulness
- wake island — an island in the N Pacific, belonging to the U.S.: air base. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km).
- wakefulness — unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful.
- walk on air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- walk out on — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- walk-behind — being a motor-driven machine, as a power lawn mower or a snowblower, designed for operation with the operator walking behind and guiding the machine by its handle controls.
- 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
- 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
- warlikeness — the state of being warlike
- watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.
- water snake — any of numerous and widely distributed harmless snakes of the genus Natrix, inhabiting areas in or near fresh water.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- 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.
- weekend bag — weekender (def 3).
- wet blanket — person: spoilsport
- wet-blanket — to extinguish (a fire) with a wet blanket.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- wilkes land — a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.
- winckelmann — Johann Joachim [yoh-hahn yoh-ah-khim] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm/ (Show IPA), 1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian.
- wind-shaken — affected by windshake.
- windbreaker — A wind -resistant jacket with a close-fitting neck, waistband, and cuffs.
- windom peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,082 feet (4292 meters).
- window back — woodwork, especially paneling, beneath the stool of a window.
- winter park — a city in E Florida.
- work-harden — to toughen or strengthen (a metal) by cold-working or another mechanical process.
- workarounds — Plural form of workaround.
- working day — daytime hours occupied by work