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11-letter words containing w, e, n

  • 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.
  • swollenness — a past participle of swell.
  • sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
  • tae kwon do — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
  • talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
  • tangle with — get involved with
  • teeny-weeny — tiny; small.
  • televiewing — the act of watching television
  • teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
  • ten-wheeler — a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and no rear truck.
  • the haywain — a famous picture by John Constable
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the network — network, the
  • the new man — a type of modern man who allows the caring side of his nature to show by being supportive and by sharing child care and housework
  • the tynwald — the Parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of the crown, lieutenant governor, House of Keys, and legislative council
  • the wagoner — Auriga
  • the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
  • the wounded — persons wounded, esp. in warfare
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • tonic water — drink: carbonated water
  • torrens law — any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said land
  • tower crane — a rotatable cantilever jib on top of a steelwork tower used on building sites where the operator needs to command a good view of the site
  • tower wagon — a trailer carrying an extensible ladder for use in firefighting, photography, repairing overhead wires, trimming trees, etc. Compare cherry picker (def 2).
  • town centre — the most important commercial or business area of a town, containing most of the shops, banks, restaurants etc
  • townspeople — residents of a town
  • 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.
  • tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
  • 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.
  • tumble down — collapse, fall
  • tumble-down — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
  • tweetcation — a short break from posting on the Twitter website
  • twelfth man — a reserve player in a cricket team
  • twelve-inch — a phonograph record twelve inches in diameter, especially one with two or more remixes of the same song.
  • twelve-tone — based on or incorporating the twelve-tone technique: twelve-tone music.
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