11-letter words containing w, i, l, n
- guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hereinbelow — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
- hillwalking — The pastime of walking in hilly country.
- hinshelwood — Sir Cyril Norman, 1897–1967, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- hollowpoint — Alternative form of hollow point.
- in the wild — Animals that live in the wild live in a free and natural state and are not looked after by people.
- include war — Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers. In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file.
- indian wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus pallipes, of Asia south of the Himalayas.
- inflow pipe — the pipe that brings water or gas into a place
- interflowed — Simple past tense and past participle of interflow.
- ithiel town — Ithiel [ith-ee-uh l] /ˈɪθ i əl/ (Show IPA), 1784–1844, U.S. architect.
- know it all — a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
- know-it-all — a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
- knowability — capable of being known.
- knowledging — Present participle of knowledge.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- law-abiding — obeying or keeping the law; obedient to law: law-abiding citizens.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- lawn tennis — tennis, especially when played on a grass court.
- lawyer vine — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- left-winger — A left-winger is a person whose political beliefs are close to socialism, or closer to them than most of the other people in the same group or party.
- lewis range — a mountain range in NW Montana, a front range of the N Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Cleveland, 10,466 feet (3192 meters).
- lie in wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- lignite wax — a dark-brown bituminous wax extracted from lignite and peat: used chiefly in polishes and waxes for furniture, shoes, etc.
- lincolnwood — a city in NE Illinois.
- living wage — a wage on which it is possible for a wage earner or an individual and his or her family to live at least according to minimum customary standards.
- living will — a document instructing physicians, relatives, or others to refrain from the use of extraordinary measures, as life-support equipment, to prolong one's life in the event of a terminal illness.
- long-winded — talking or writing at tedious length: long-winded after-dinner speakers.
- loop window — a tall, narrow window.
- low milling — a process for making flour in which the grain is ground once and then bolted.
- low-density — having a low concentration.
- low-protein — Low-protein substances contain very little protein.
- low-scoring — (of a sports match) having, getting, or ending in a low score
- low-tension — subjected to, or capable of operating under, relatively low voltage: low-tension wire. Abbreviation: lt, L.T.
- lower rhine — a section of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany and the North Sea.
- middlewoman — The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
- middlewomen — Plural form of middlewoman.
- mig welding — metal inert gas welding: a method of welding in which the filler metal wire supplies the electric current to maintain the arc, which is shielded from the access of air by an inert gas, usually argon
- milwaukeean — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- mind-blower — a hallucinogenic drug.
- mindblowing — Alternative spelling of mind-blowing.
- mineral wax — ozocerite.
- 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.
- mixing bowl — receptacle for stirring ingredients
- mulled wine — wine heated with sugar and spices, often served at Christmas
- multiwindow — a visual display unit screen that can be divided to show a number of different documents simultaneously
- new biology — the branch of biology that deals with the nature of biological phenomena at the molecular level through the study of DNA and RNA, proteins, and other macromolecules involved in genetic information and cell function, characteristically making use of advanced tools and techniques of separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis.
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- new english — Modern English.