11-letter words containing w, a, n
- law-abiding — obeying or keeping the law; obedient to law: law-abiding citizens.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- lawlessness — contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
- lawn tennis — tennis, especially when played on a grass court.
- lawyer cane — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- lawyer vine — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
- lewis range — a mountain range in NW Montana, a front range of the N Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Cleveland, 10,466 feet (3192 meters).
- lie in wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- lignite wax — a dark-brown bituminous wax extracted from lignite and peat: used chiefly in polishes and waxes for furniture, shoes, etc.
- living wage — a wage on which it is possible for a wage earner or an individual and his or her family to live at least according to minimum customary standards.
- long barrow — a funerary barrow having an elongate shape, sometimes constructed over a megalithic chamber tomb and usually containing one or more inhumed corpses along with artifacts: primarily Neolithic but extending into the Bronze Age.
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- madonnawise — in the manner of a Madonna
- mains water — gas supplied to a building through pipes
- mammy wagon — a W African vehicle built on a lorry chassis, capable of carrying both passengers and goods
- manual work — work involving the hands, as opposed to an office job, for example
- march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
- marine snow — small particles of organic biogenic marine sediment, including the remains of organisms, faecal matter, and the shells of planktonic organisms, that slowly drift down to the sea floor
- market town — a town where a regularly scheduled market is held.
- marrow bean — a plump-seeded strain of the common field bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), grown for its dry, edible seeds
- marrow bone — Marrow bones are the bones of certain animals, especially cows, that contain a lot of bone marrow. They are used in cooking and in dog food.
- marrowbones — Plural form of marrowbone.
- mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- mdewakanton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- meadowlands — Plural form of meadowland.
- megan’s law — any of various statutes requiring that public notification be given of the whereabouts of persons who have been convicted of certain sexual crimes
- mexican war — the war between the U.S. and Mexico, 1846–48.
- microwaving — Present participle of microwave.
- middlewoman — The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
- milwaukeean — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- mineral wax — ozocerite.
- 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.
- money wages — wages evaluated with reference to the money paid rather than the equivalent purchasing power
- mopani worm — an edible caterpillar that feeds on mopani leaves
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.
- narrow boat — A narrow boat is a long, low boat used on canals.
- narrow down — refine, limit
- narrow seas — the channels between Great Britain and the Continent and Great Britain and Ireland
- narrowboats — Plural form of narrowboat.
- nation-wide — extending throughout the nation: The incident aroused nationwide interest.
- natural law — a principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature, right reason, or religion and as ethically binding in human society.
- nature walk — a walk on a nature trail, especially with an experienced guide.
- nay pyi taw — the official capital of Myanmar (Burma), built in the centre of the country near Pyinmana in 2005–2006, and superseding Yangon (Rangoon) for main government functions. Pop: officially approaching 1 000 000 in 2007
- needlewoman — a woman who does needlework.
- new britain — the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, in the W central Pacific Ocean. About 14,600 sq. mi. (37,814 sq. km). Capital: Rabaul.
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- new england — an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
- new flavors — An object-oriented Lisp from Symbolics, the successor to Flavors, it led to CLOS.
- new georgia — a group of islands in the Solomon Islands.