11-letter words containing w, e, n, i
- water wings — an inflatable contrivance shaped like a pair of wings, usually worn under the arms to keep the body afloat while one swims or learns to swim.
- waterfinder — a dowser; water witch.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- weak ending — a verse ending in which the metrical stress falls on a word or syllable that would not be stressed in natural utterance, as a preposition, the object of which is carried over to the next line.
- weak-minded — having or showing a lack of mental firmness; irresolute; vacillating.
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- web hosting — the business of providing various services, hardware, and software for websites, as storage and maintenance of site files on a server.
- web spinner — any of several slender insects, of the order Embioptera, that nest in colonies in silken webs spun with secretions from the enlarged front legs.
- wedding day — the day of a wedding.
- weekendings — weekends during which one goes away from home
- weeping ivy — a climbing plant, Ficus benjamina, of the fig family, grown as a greenhouse or house plant for its graceful glossy leaves on slender drooping branches
- weigh a ton — If you say that something weighs a ton, you mean that it is extremely heavy.
- weight down — If you weight something down, you put something heavy on it or in it in order to prevent it from moving easily.
- weightiness — having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
- weingartner — (Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- weismannism — the theories of heredity as expounded by Weismann, especially the theory that all inheritable characteristics are carried in the germ plasm, and that acquired characteristics cannot be inherited.
- welcomingly — In a welcoming manner.
- welding rod — filler metal supplied in the form of a rod, usually coated with flux
- well design — Well design is the features that are considered when planning and constructing a well.
- well hidden — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
- well-driven — past participle of drive.
- well-hidden — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
- well-linked — (of a gene) exhibiting linkage.
- wellingtons — Plural form of wellington.
- wellsprings — Plural form of wellspring.
- wesleyanism — the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.
- west berlin — Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter.
- west covina — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- west indian — (used with a plural verb). Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
- west indies — (used with a plural verb). Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
- west riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, England.
- west-facing — orientated towards the west
- westernised — to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- westernized — to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- westernizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of westernize.
- westminster — a central borough (officially a city) of Greater London, England: Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace.
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- wet machine — a machine for dewatering pulp.
- wh question — a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied, as Where do you live?
- wh-question — a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied, as Where do you live?
- wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.
- wheelie bin — refuse bin on wheels
- when-issued — of, relating to, or noting an agreement to buy securities paid for at the time of delivery. Abbreviation: wi, w.i.
- wheyishness — the quality of being wheyish
- whimperings — Plural form of whimpering.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- whisperings — Plural form of whispering.
- white aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- white bacon — bacon (def 2).