11-letter words containing w, e, a, n, i
- guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
- hairweaving — the attachment of matching hair to a base of nylon thread interwoven with a person's own hair, as to cover a bald area or to add length: Three of the makeovers involved hairweaving.
- handweaving — the art or technique of weaving on a handloom.
- handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
- handwritten — to write (something) by hand.
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hawkishness — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
- include war — Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers. In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file.
- india wheat — a buckwheat, Fagopyrum tataricum, of India, having loose clusters of greenish or yellowish flowers, grown for soil improvement.
- inner woman — a woman's mind, soul, or nature
- interweaved — to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
- interweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interweave.
- inward dive — a dive in which the athlete stands with back to the water, takes off, and rotates toward the board.
- jew-baiting — active anti-Semitism.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- kwasniewski — Aleksander [ah-lek-sahn-der] /ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), born 1954, Polish journalist and politician: president of Poland 1995–.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- lawn tennis — tennis, especially when played on a grass court.
- lawyer vine — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- 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.
- madonnawise — in the manner of a Madonna
- mains water — gas supplied to a building through pipes
- 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
- mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- mexican war — the war between the U.S. and Mexico, 1846–48.
- 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.
- nation-wide — extending throughout the nation: The incident aroused nationwide interest.
- 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 georgia — a group of islands in the Solomon Islands.
- 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 realism — neorealism.
- newscasting — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- norway pine — red pine.
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- overdrawing — Present participle of overdraw.
- parian ware — an English and American hardpaste porcelain ware introduced c1850, having a white, hard surface and used mainly for biscuit figures.
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- pennine way — a long-distance footpath extending from Edale, Derbyshire, for 402 km (250 miles) to Kirk Yetholm, Scottish Borders
- 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.