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11-letter words containing w, a, r, t, i

  • interweaved — to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
  • interweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interweave.
  • jesuit ware — Chinese porcelain of the early 18th century, decorated with Christian motifs, usually in black and gold on a white background.
  • kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
  • large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
  • latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
  • light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
  • limited war — a war conducted with less than a nation's total resources and restricted in aim to less than total defeat of the enemy.
  • mains water — gas supplied to a building through pipes
  • martial law — the law temporarily imposed upon an area by state or national military forces when civil authority has broken down or during wartime military operations.
  • 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.
  • nicht wahr? — isn't that so?
  • nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
  • outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
  • paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
  • parataniwha — a New Zealand plant, Elatostema rugosa, with pink and red serrated leaves
  • plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
  • playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
  • power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
  • private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
  • privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
  • ratings war — a situation in which each of two or more channels makes a particular effort to attract more viewers or listeners than its rival
  • reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
  • right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
  • rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
  • rowing boat — rowboat.
  • sacred writ — Scripture.
  • saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
  • shirt-waist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
  • silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
  • spirit away — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • square with — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
  • still water — a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.
  • straightway — straightaway.
  • strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
  • swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
  • sweat shirt — a heavy, loose, usually long-sleeved pullover made of cotton jersey, worn as by athletes to absorb sweat during or after exercise, sometimes with loose trousers (sweat pants) of the same material, forming an ensemble (sweat suit)
  • switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
  • switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
  • tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
  • therewithal — together with that; in addition to that.
  • thitherward — Also, thitherward [thith -er-werd, th ith -] /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/ (Show IPA), thitherwards. to or toward that place or point; there.
  • throw a fit — a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
  • throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
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