11-letter words containing w, a, n
- new glasgow — a city in N central Nova Scotia, in E Canada.
- new granada — a former Spanish viceroyalty in NW South America, comprising the present republics of Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama.
- new harmony — a town in SW Indiana: socialistic community established by Robert Owen 1825.
- new ireland — an island in the Bismarck Archipelago, in the W central Pacific Ocean NE of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. About 3800 sq. mi. (9800 sq. km).
- new mexican — a state in the SW United States. 121,666 sq. mi. (315,115 sq. km). Capital: Santa Fe. Abbreviation: NM (for use with zip code), N. Mex., N.M.
- new orleans — a seaport in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi: British defeated (1815) by Americans under Andrew Jackson.
- new planets — the outer planets Uranus, Neptune, and (formerly) Pluto, only discovered comparatively recently
- new realism — neorealism.
- new zealand — a country in the S Pacific, SE of Australia, consisting of North Island, South Island, and adjacent small islands: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 103,416 sq. mi. (267,845 sq. km). Capital: Wellington.
- new-fangled — If someone describes a new idea or a new piece of equipment as new-fangled, they mean that it is too complicated or is unnecessary.
- news agency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
- news reader — (messaging) A browser program which enables a user to read articles posted to Usenet. Articles may be stored in a local (or NFS-mounted) spool directory, or retrieved via NNTP. Examples are rn, GNUS, and nn.
- newsagent's — a shop that sells newspapers and magazines
- newscasters — Plural form of newscaster.
- newscasting — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- newsdealers — Plural form of newsdealer.
- nicht wahr? — isn't that so?
- night watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- non-renewal — the act of renewing.
- nonwashable — Not washable.
- northwardly — Northwards, towards the north.
- norway pine — red pine.
- now account — Banking. a savings account against which checks can be written.
- ombudswoman — a woman employed to investigate complaints against government or institutional officials, employers, etc.
- on a downer — If you are on a downer, you are feeling depressed and without hope.
- on the wane — If something is on the wane, it is becoming weaker or less.
- orangewoman — a female member of the Orangemen
- other woman — a woman who is romantically or sexually involved with another woman's husband or lover, especially a woman who is having an affair with a married man.
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- outwardness — (uncountable) The quality of being outward.
- oval window — an oval opening at the head of the cochlea, connecting the middle and inner ear, through which sound vibrations of the stapes are transmitted.
- overdrawing — Present participle of overdraw.
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- paddy wagon — Informal. patrol wagon.
- parataniwha — a New Zealand plant, Elatostema rugosa, with pink and red serrated leaves
- parian ware — an English and American hardpaste porcelain ware introduced c1850, having a white, hard surface and used mainly for biscuit figures.
- passed pawn — a pawn with no opposing pawn either on an adjacent file or on its own file.
- patrolwoman — a policewoman who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- peanut worm — any small, unsegmented, marine worm of the phylum Sipuncula, that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body, giving the appearance of a peanut seed.
- pennine way — a long-distance footpath extending from Edale, Derbyshire, for 402 km (250 miles) to Kirk Yetholm, Scottish Borders
- pickwickian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Mr. Pickwick, central character of The Pickwick Papers.
- pigeon hawk — merlin.
- plain weave — the most common and tightest of basic weave structures in which the filling threads pass over and under successive warp threads and repeat the same pattern with alternate threads in the following row, producing a checkered surface.
- plantswoman — a nurserywoman.
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.