11-letter words containing w, a, n
- wet-blanket — to extinguish (a fire) with a wet blanket.
- whangdoodle — a fanciful creature of undefined nature.
- 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.
- wholesaling — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- widow woman — a widow.
- wiggle nail — a fastener consisting of a piece of corrugated sheet steel with one wavy edge sharpened, for uniting two pieces of wood, as in a miter joint.
- wild orange — laurel cherry.
- wilkes land — a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.
- willimantic — a city in NE Connecticut.
- willow wand — a slender stick or rod made of willow used especially in magic or divination
- 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.
- windbaggery — Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
- windbreaker — A wind -resistant jacket with a close-fitting neck, waistband, and cuffs.
- windcheater — a lightweight jacket for sports or other outdoor wear.
- windjammers — Plural form of windjammer.
- windjamming — Excessive talking; loquaciousness.
- windlestrae — thin or weak-looking
- windlestraw — a withered stalk of any of various grasses.
- 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.
- window sash — the frame holding the pane of a window.
- window seat — a seat built beneath the sill of a recessed or other window.
- windowpanes — Plural form of windowpane.
- wine cellar — a cellar for the storage of wine.
- wine gallon — a former English gallon of 160 fluid ounces: equal to the present U.S. standard gallon of 128 fluid ounces.
- wine waiter — a waiter in a restaurant who is responsible for serving wine
- wineglasses — Plural form of wineglass.
- winetasting — a gathering of critics, buyers, friends, etc., to taste a group of wines for comparative purposes.
- wing collar — a stand-up collar having the front edges or corners folded down, worn by men for formal or evening dress.
- winged bean — a tropical Asian vine, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, of the legume family, of which the pods, seeds, leaves, and flowers are edible and nutritious.
- winnability — a capacity for winning or being won
- winter oats — oats that are planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
- winter park — a city in E Florida.
- wire agency — a business organization that gathers news, news photos, the latest stock-market prices, etc., for distribution, usually by teletypewriter, to its subscribers, especially newspapers: so called from the original transmission of news by telegraph wire.
- wiretapping — an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.
- witenagemot — the assembly of the witan; the national council attended by the king, aldermen, bishops, and nobles.
- with a bang — begin, end: in a dramatic way
- with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- withdrawing — Present participle of withdraw.
- within call — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- withstander — A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
- woman-hater — a person, especially a man, who dislikes women; misogynist.