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11-letter words containing w, e, n, i

  • 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 bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
  • snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
  • snowshoeing — the activity of taking part in cross-country walks over snow
  • snowy river — a river in SE Australia, rising in SE New South Wales: waters diverted through a system of dams and tunnels across the watershed into the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for hydroelectric power and to provide water for irrigation. Length: 426 km (265 miles)
  • sopping wet — soaked, dripping
  • spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • stem-winder — a stemwinding watch.
  • stemwinding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
  • strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • swan maiden — any of a class of folkloric maidens, in many Indo-European and Asian tales, capable of being transformed into swans, as by magic or sorcery.
  • 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.
  • swine fever — hog cholera.
  • swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out
  • swing state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
  • swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
  • swingeingly — by way of swingeing
  • swingletree — a whiffletree.
  • swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
  • switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
  • tangle with — get involved with
  • televiewing — the act of watching television
  • teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
  • the haywain — a famous picture by John Constable
  • the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
  • therewithin — in or within that
  • think twice — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • tweetcation — a short break from posting on the Twitter website
  • 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.
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