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11-letter words containing w, e, g, o

  • new thought — a system of doctrine and practice originating in the 19th century and stressing the power of thought to control physical and mental events.
  • newsmongers — Plural form of newsmonger.
  • on the wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
  • orangewoman — a female member of the Orangemen
  • outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
  • outswingers — Plural form of outswinger.
  • outweighing — Present participle of outweigh.
  • over-sewing — to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially closely, so as to cover the edge or make a firm seam.
  • overblowing — A technique for playing a wind instrument so as to produce overtones.
  • overdrawing — Present participle of overdraw.
  • overflowing — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
  • overweening — presumptuously conceited, overconfident, or proud: a brash, insolent, overweening fellow.
  • overwrought — extremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality.
  • passagework — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
  • pigeon hawk — merlin.
  • postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
  • powder flag — red flag (def 4).
  • power surge — an unexpected, temporary increase in the current or voltage of an electrical circuit
  • red dogwood — a Eurasian dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, having greenish-white flowers and dark-red branches.
  • reflowering — an occurrence of flowering again
  • rose grower — a person who grows rose plants
  • shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
  • shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
  • snow bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
  • snowshoeing — the activity of taking part in cross-country walks over snow
  • snowy egret — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered.
  • software ag — (company)   A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
  • sopping wet — soaked, dripping
  • sponge down — to wipe clean with a damp sponge or cloth
  • supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
  • swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
  • sweat lodge — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
  • swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
  • swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
  • teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
  • the gallows — execution by hanging
  • the wagoner — Auriga
  • to give way — If an object that is supporting something gives way, it breaks or collapses, so that it can no longer support that thing.
  • tongue worm — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
  • tongues wag — If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
  • tower wagon — a trailer carrying an extensible ladder for use in firefighting, photography, repairing overhead wires, trimming trees, etc. Compare cherry picker (def 2).
  • troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
  • undergrowth — low-lying vegetation or small trees growing beneath larger trees; underbrush.
  • unwelcoming — not friendly, hostile
  • vine grower — a person who cultivates grapevines
  • warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
  • warmongerer — Misspelling of warmonger.
  • watchdogged — characteristic of a watchdog
  • water wagon — a wagon used to transport water, as in military field operations or on a construction site.
  • waterlogged — so filled or flooded with water as to be heavy or unmanageable, as a ship.
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