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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
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