11-letter words containing w, e, n
- downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
- downpayment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- downriggers — Plural form of downrigger.
- downshifted — Simple past tense and past participle of downshift.
- downstrokes — Plural form of downstroke.
- downtrodden — tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.
- downwelling — a downward current of surface water in the ocean, usually caused by differences in the density of seawater.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.
- draw a line — If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them.
- draw runner — loper.
- drawing pen — a pen with a fine nib used for drawing
- dumbed down — (jargon) Simplified, with a strong connotation of *over*simplified. Often, a marketroid will insist that the interfaces and documentation of software be dumbed down after the designer has burned untold gallons of midnight oil making it smart. This creates friction. See user-friendly.
- duniewassal — a gentleman, especially a cadet of a ranking family, among the Highlanders of Scotland.
- dwell angle — Dwell angle is the amount of time, measured as degrees of rotation, that contact breakers close in a distributor.
- dwindlement — the condition of decreasing or diminishing
- earl warren — Earl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: chief justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
- earthenware — pottery of baked or hardened clay, especially any of the coarse, opaque varieties.
- elbow joint — the joint between the upper arm and the forearm, formed by the junction of the radius and ulna with the humerus
- embowelment — a disembowelment
- embowerment — the act of embowering
- empowerment — The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group.
- entranceway — A way into a place or thing, esp. a doorway or corridor at the entrance to a building.
- entwinement — A situation of being entwined; an entanglement.
- enwrappings — any hidden things, both tangible and intangible
- eveningwear — Clothes suitable for a formal occasion in the evening.
- evergrowing — Which grows without ceasing, with no end in sight.
- everywhence — from all directions
- farawayness — the state of being faraway
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- finedrawing — Present participle of finedraw.
- finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
- finger wave — a wave set by impressing the fingers into hair dampened by lotion or water.
- fire warden — an official assigned to prevent or fight fires, as in a forest, logging operation, camp, or town
- fish warden — a public official who enforces game laws relating to fish.
- fisherwoman — a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- fisherwomen — Plural form of fisherwoman.
- flesh wound — a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- flowingness — the quality of being flowing
- foreknowing — Present participle of foreknow.
- foreshowing — Present participle of foreshow.
- forewarning — to warn in advance.
- forswearing — Present participle of forswear.
- forwardness — overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.
- frankenword — (neologism) A word formed by combining two (or more) other words; a portmanteau.
- freewriting — a free and unstructured style of writing
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.