11-letter words containing w, i, n, c
- lincolnwood — a city in NE Illinois.
- low-scoring — (of a sports match) having, getting, or ending in a low score
- mexican war — the war between the U.S. and Mexico, 1846–48.
- microwaving — Present participle of microwave.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- new cuisine — nouvelle cuisine.
- new mexican — a state in the SW United States. 121,666 sq. mi. (315,115 sq. km). Capital: Santa Fe. Abbreviation: NM (for use with zip code), N. Mex., N.M.
- newscasting — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- nicht wahr? — isn't that so?
- night watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- 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
- olive crown — (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- pickwickian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Mr. Pickwick, central character of The Pickwick Papers.
- 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.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policy wonk — a person who studies or makes political policies, esp one who has a strong enthusiasm for technical details
- policyowner — policyholder.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- screenwrite — (language) A columnar format third generation programming language similar in layout to assembler and used for transaction processing, solely on the Honeywell Bull TPS6 database/transaction management system on their Level 6 DPS6 minicomputers running under the GCOS6 operating system. In the UK it was mainly used by local authorities and the Ministry of Defense. Being proprietary technology, its popularity waned with the introduction of open systems standards, relational databases and fourth generation languages but it is believed that some systems made it through Y2K.
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- second wind — the return of ease in breathing after exhaustion caused by continued physical exertion, as in running.
- sienkiewicz — Henryk [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, Polish novelist: Nobel prize 1905.
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- snow chains — device that gives tyres extra grip
- swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out
- swing-music — Also called Big Band music, swing music. a style of jazz, popular especially in the 1930s and often arranged for a large dance band, marked by a smoother beat and more flowing phrasing than Dixieland and having less complex harmonies and rhythms than modern jazz.
- switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- think twice — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- tonic water — drink: carbonated water
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- tweetcation — a short break from posting on the Twitter website
- twelve-inch — a phonograph record twelve inches in diameter, especially one with two or more remixes of the same song.
- twin cities — Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minn.
- unwelcoming — not friendly, hostile
- wainscoting — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- wainscotted — Having a wainscot.