11-letter words containing w, h, n

hum and haw — If you hem and haw, or in British English hum and haw, you take a long time to say something because you cannot think of the right words, or because you are not sure what to say.
hunker down — to squat on one's heels (often followed by down).
i know what — I have an idea
in bed with — in collusion with
in the know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
in the swim — to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
in the wild — Animals that live in the wild live in a free and natural state and are not looked after by people.
in the wind — air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
india wheat — a buckwheat, Fagopyrum tataricum, of India, having loose clusters of greenish or yellowish flowers, grown for soil improvement.
intergrowth — growth or growing together, as of one thing with or into another.
ithiel town — Ithiel [ith-ee-uh l] /ˈɪθ i əl/ (Show IPA), 1784–1844, U.S. architect.
kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
kwangchowan — Older Spelling. Guangzhouwan.
leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
leeuwenhoek — Anton van [ahn-tawn vahn] /ˈɑn tɔn vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1632–1723, Dutch naturalist and microscopist.
lower rhine — a section of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany and the North Sea.
march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
netherworld — the infernal regions; hell.
new english — Modern English.
new harmony — a town in SW Indiana: socialistic community established by Robert Owen 1825.
new thought — a system of doctrine and practice originating in the 19th century and stressing the power of thought to control physical and mental events.
nicht wahr? — isn't that so?
night watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
nimzowitsch — Aaron Isayevich (ɪˈzaɪjɛvɪtʃ) 1886–1935, Latvian chess player and theorist; influential in enunciating the principles of the hypermodern school, of which he was the main instigator
nonwashable — Not washable.
northwardly — Northwards, towards the north.
northwester — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northwest.
on the town — a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
on the wane — If something is on the wane, it is becoming weaker or less.
on the wind — as near as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
on the wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
other woman — a woman who is romantically or sexually involved with another woman's husband or lover, especially a woman who is having an affair with a married man.
outweighing — Present participle of outweigh.
parataniwha — a New Zealand plant, Elatostema rugosa, with pink and red serrated leaves
pennyweight — (in troy weight) a unit of 24 grains or 1/20 of an ounce (1.56 grams). Abbreviation: dwt, pwt.
pigeon hawk — merlin.
pinwheeling — a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
pipe wrench — a tool having two toothed jaws, one fixed and the other free to grip pipes and other tubular objects when the tool is turned in one direction only.
powder horn — a powder flask made from the horn of a cow or ox.
power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
rain shadow — a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.
rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.

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