11-letter words containing w, a, r, i, n
- rowing boat — rowboat.
- samian ware — a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley a.d. 100–300 and copied from Arretine ware.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- 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.
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- snow grains — precipitation consisting of white, opaque ice particles usually less than one millimeter in diameter.
- springwater — water from a spring
- swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- swearing in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
- swearing-in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
- switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
- thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
- tiger prawn — a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans
- to windward — toward the wind; toward the point from which the wind blows.
- tonic water — drink: carbonated water
- 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.
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- unix wizard — (job) Someone with a deep understanding of Unix. See wizard.
- unrewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- unwandering — not wandering or roving, remaining in one place
- unweariable — incapable of wearying or being wearied; tireless
- unweariably — in an unweariable manner
- 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).
- 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.
- wagon train — a train of wagons and horses, as one carrying military supplies or transporting settlers in the westward migration.
- wagonwright — a person who makes wagons
- wainwrights — Plural form of wainwright.
- wait around — If you wait around or wait about, you stay in the same place, usually doing very little, because you cannot act before something happens or before someone arrives.
- waitressing — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
- walk on air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- wallingford — a town in S Connecticut.
- wanderingly — In a way that wanders.
- war cabinet — government wartime committee
- war footing — the condition or status of a military force or other organization when operating under a state of war or as if a state of war existed.
- 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
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
- warfighting — (military) The fighting of a war.
- warlikeness — the state of being warlike
- warm spring — a thermal spring having a temperature of up to 98°F (37°C).
- warming pan — a long-handled, covered pan, usually of brass, filled with live coals or hot water for warming a cold bed.
- warrantying — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- wasserstein — Wendy, 1950–2006, U.S. playwright.