10-letter words containing w, i, g, n
- grind down — make into powder
- growliness — The state or quality of being growly.
- growlingly — In a growling manner; with growls.
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- gwendoline — a feminine name: dim. Gwen; var. Gwendolyn
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- high-flown — extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
- highwayman — (formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
- highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
- huntiegowk — a fool's errand or a person sent on an April fool's errand
- impowering — Present participle of impower.
- in waiting — a period of waiting; pause, interval, or delay.
- indwelling — to inhabit.
- intergrown — That have grown together and through each other.
- jaywalking — to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
- king prawn — any of several large prawns of the genus Penaeus, which are fished commercially in Australian waters
- landowning — an owner or proprietor of land.
- leftwinger — (Sometimes pejorative) A person who is radically liberal politically; one whose political viewpoint is leftwing.
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- linlithgow — former name of West Lothian.
- longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- low-flying — Low-flying aircraft or birds are flying very close to the ground, or lower than normal.
- lowballing — the practice of offering a customer a deceptively low price
- loweringly — In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.
- lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- magic wand — handheld stick for casting spells
- misknowing — Present participle of misknow.
- mood swing — dramatic changes in emotion
- net weight — goods minus packaging
- net-winged — having reticulate wing venation.
- networking — network
- new guinea — a large island N of Australia, politically divided into the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya (West Irian) and the independent country of Papua New Guinea. About 316,000 sq. mi. (818,000 sq. km).
- night work — work that is done or undertaken at night-time, as by workers on night shift, etc
- night-hawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
- nightgowns — Plural form of nightgown.
- nighthawks — Plural form of nighthawk.
- no waiting — used on road signs to mean vehicles are not allowed to park, even for short periods of time
- nongrowing — That does not grow.
- nonwinning — not winning
- nonworking — not employed for a salary, fees, or wages; not producing or generating income: Our employee medical plan also covers nonworking spouses.
- nowcasting — the preparation or production of nowcasts
- outflowing — Flowing out.
- outgrowing — Present participle of outgrow.
- outswinger — a ball that when bowled veers from leg side to off side.
- outwitting — to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.
- outworking — to work harder, better, or faster than.
- pigeonwing — a particular figure in skating, outlining the spread wing of a pigeon.
- pit sawing — a method of sawing logs or timbers, as into boards, in which the piece to be cut is laid horizontally across a pit and cut by a saw operated vertically by two people, one above and one in the pit below the piece.
- prewarning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
- preweaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.