11-letter words containing w, a, n
- to windward — toward the wind; toward the point from which the wind blows.
- tongues wag — If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
- tonic water — drink: carbonated water
- torrens law — any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said land
- tower crane — a rotatable cantilever jib on top of a steelwork tower used on building sites where the operator needs to command a good view of the site
- tower wagon — a trailer carrying an extensible ladder for use in firefighting, photography, repairing overhead wires, trimming trees, etc. Compare cherry picker (def 2).
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- trade winds — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- trans woman — an adult who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- tundra swan — a swan, Cygnus columbianus, nesting in tundra regions of both the New and Old Worlds, having a black bill with a yellow spot at the base.
- tweetcation — a short break from posting on the Twitter website
- twelfth man — a reserve player in a cricket team
- two a penny — Things that are said to be two a penny or ten a penny are not valuable or interesting because they are very common and easy to find.
- unallowable — not allowable; unacceptable or inadmissible
- unawakening — not characterized by wakefulness
- unawareness — not aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change.
- under watch — If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
- under wraps — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- under-drawn — to line the underside of (a structure, as a floor) with plasterwork, boarding, or the like.
- unix wizard — (job) Someone with a deep understanding of Unix. See wizard.
- unpathwayed — unpathed, pathless
- unrenewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- unrewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- unswallowed — not swallowed
- unterwalden — a canton in central Switzerland: divided into demicantons.
- unwandering — not wandering or roving, remaining in one place
- unwarranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- unwatchable — detectable; apparent.
- unweariable — incapable of wearying or being wearied; tireless
- unweariably — in an unweariable manner
- unweathered — not weathered; not changed by exposure to the weather
- unwedgeable — unable to be split or divided by wedges
- unwoundable — incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
- up and down — moving in or related to a direction that is up or is regarded as up: the up elevator; the up train traveling north; the up platform of a railroad station.
- up-and-down — moving alternately up and down: the up-and-down swing of levers; an up-and-down tune.
- valley wind — a wind that ascends a mountain valley during the day.
- vietnam war — a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam.
- vinegarweed — a plant, Trichostema lanceolatum, of the mint family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having clusters of blue flowers with long, protruding filaments and growing in dry, sandy soil.
- wading bird — wader (def 2).
- wading pool — a small, shallow pool for children to wade and play in.
- waffle iron — appliance for cooking waffles
- waffle-iron — a batter cake with a pattern of deep indentations on each side, formed by the gridlike design on each of the two hinged parts of the metal appliance (waffle iron) in which the cake is baked.
- wage earner — a person who works for wages, especially a laborer.
- waggishness — Waggish behaviour.
- wagon train — a train of wagons and horses, as one carrying military supplies or transporting settlers in the westward migration.
- wagon vault — barrel vault.