11-letter words containing w, e, i
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- tie in with — If something such as an idea or fact ties in with or ties up with something else, it is consistent with it or connected with it.
- tig welding — tungsten-electrode inert gas welding: a method of welding in which the arc is maintained by a tungsten electrode and shielded from the access of air by an inert gas
- tiger prawn — a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans
- tiggywinkle — a gene found in fish and belonging to a family of genes known as the Hedgehog family
- timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
- time switch — Electronics
- time waster — If you say that someone or something is a time waster, you mean that they cause you to spend a lot of time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit.
- tin whistle — A tin whistle is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a metal pipe with holes. You play the tin whistle by blowing into it. Tin whistles make a high sound and are often used in folk music, for example Irish music.
- 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.
- to the wide — completely
- to the wire — If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment.
- toilet bowl — the ceramic bowl of a toilet.
- tonic water — drink: carbonated water
- toxic waste — waste material that can be harmful or deadly to living creatures and the environment
- 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.
- trelliswork — latticework.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trifle with — treat frivolously
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- 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.
- twaite shad — a European shad
- tweet thief — a person who steals another’s tweets on the Twitter website
- tweetcation — a short break from posting on the Twitter website
- twelfthtide — the season of Twelfth Night and Twelfth Day.
- twelve-inch — a phonograph record twelve inches in diameter, especially one with two or more remixes of the same song.
- twenty-five — a cardinal number, 20 plus 5.
- twenty-nine — a cardinal number, 20 plus 9.
- twi-nighter — a twi-night doubleheader.
- twill weave — one of the basic weave structures in which the filling threads are woven over and under two or more warp yarns, producing a characteristic diagonal pattern.
- twin cities — Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minn.
- twin-bedded — A twin-bedded room has two single beds.
- twin-engine — having two engines of equal power as prime movers: a twin-engine airplane.
- two-pointer — a shot from inside or on the three point line, worth two points if it is made
- typewriting — the act or skill of using a typewriter.
- typewritten — A typewritten document has been typed on a typewriter or word processor.
- unawakening — not characterized by wakefulness
- under-weigh — under weigh, Nautical. in motion; under way.
- underviewer — a person who inspects a mine every day
- underweight — weighing less than is usual, required, or proper.
- underwiring — support provided by an underwire
- underwriter — a person or company that underwrites policies of insurance or carries on insurance as a business.
- unix weenie — (jargon) (ITS) 1. A derogatory play on "Unix wizard", common among hackers who use Unix by necessity but would prefer alternatives. The implication is that although the person in question may consider mastery of Unix arcana to be a wizardly skill, the only real skill involved is the ability to tolerate (and the bad taste to wallow in) the incoherence and needless complexity that is alleged to infest many Unix programs. "This shell script tries to parse its arguments in 69 bletcherous ways. It must have been written by a real Unix weenie." 2. A derogatory term for anyone who engages in uncritical praise of Unix. Often appearing in the context "stupid Unix weenie". See Weenix, Unix conspiracy, weenie.
- 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