11-letter words containing w, e, t, d
- quickwitted — Alternative spelling of quick-witted.
- round tower — a freestanding circular stone belfry built in Ireland from the 10th century beside a monastery and used as a place of refuge
- sacred writ — Scripture.
- saw-toothed — having pointing resembling the edge of a saw.
- set forward — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- settle down — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- slow-footed — proceeding at a slow pace.
- slow-witted — mentally slow or dull; slow in comprehension and thinking.
- soft sawder — flattery; compliments
- spotted owl — a dark-brown owl (Strix occidentalis, family Strigidae) with scattered white spots and dark eyes, sometimes seen in the forests of W North America: it is an endangered species
- st. andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
- state-owned — owned by the state; not privately owned
- stem-winder — a stemwinding watch.
- stemwinding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
- stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
- stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- streetwards — towards or facing the street
- strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- sweat blood — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweat gland — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- sweat lodge — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
- sweet cider — the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- sweetlambda — Sugared lambda-calculus(?).
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- 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.
- 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.
- the swedish — the people of Sweden collectively
- the tynwald — the Parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of the crown, lieutenant governor, House of Keys, and legislative council
- the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
- the wounded — persons wounded, esp. in warfare
- thimbleweed — any of several plants having a thimble-shaped fruiting head, especially either of two white-flowered North American plants, Anemone riparia or A. virginiana.
- third wheel — odd person out among three people
- thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
- thitherward — Also, thitherward [thith -er-werd, th ith -] /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/ (Show IPA), thitherwards. to or toward that place or point; there.
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- throw shade — to make a public show of contempt
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- 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
- to the wide — completely
- 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.
- tread water — to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trumpetweed — any of various eupatorium plants, esp joe-pye weed
- tumble down — collapse, fall
- tumble-down — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
- twaite shad — a European shad
- twelfth day — the 12th day after Christmas, January 6, on which the festival of the Epiphany is celebrated: formerly observed as the last day of the Christmas festivities.