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11-letter words containing w, i, n, g

  • under-weigh — under weigh, Nautical. in motion; under way.
  • underweight — weighing less than is usual, required, or proper.
  • underwiring — support provided by an underwire
  • unknowingly — ignorant or unaware: unknowing aid to the enemy.
  • unrewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
  • unwandering — not wandering or roving, remaining in one place
  • unweetingly — in an ignorant manner
  • unweighting — the action of minimizing the pressure of body weight on a ski before a turn by briefly bending down or straightening up
  • unwelcoming — not friendly, hostile
  • unwillingly — not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
  • unwinkingly — in an unwinking manner
  • unwithering — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
  • unwittingly — inadvertent; unintentional; accidental: His insult, though unwitting, pained her.
  • vine grower — a person who cultivates grapevines
  • vinegarweed — a plant, Trichostema lanceolatum, of the mint family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having clusters of blue flowers with long, protruding filaments and growing in dry, sandy soil.
  • virgin wool — wool not previously used in manufacture
  • wading bird — wader (def 2).
  • wading pool — a small, shallow pool for children to wade and play in.
  • waggishness — Waggish behaviour.
  • wagon train — a train of wagons and horses, as one carrying military supplies or transporting settlers in the westward migration.
  • wagonwright — a person who makes wagons
  • wainscoting — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
  • wainwrights — Plural form of wainwright.
  • waitressing — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
  • waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
  • walking bus — a group of schoolchildren walking together along an agreed route to and from school, accompanied by adults, with children joining and leaving the group at prearranged points
  • wallingford — a town in S Connecticut.
  • wanderingly — In a way that wanders.
  • wang an shi — 1021–86, Chinese statesman and writer: remembered for his economic reforms, known as the New Policies (1069–76)
  • waning moon — the moon at any time after full moon and before new moon (so called because its illuminated area is decreasing).
  • war footing — the condition or status of a military force or other organization when operating under a state of war or as if a state of war existed.
  • warchalking — the practice of marking chalk symbols on walls and pavements at places where local wireless internet connections may be obtained for free via a computer, usually without permission
  • warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
  • warfighting — (military) The fighting of a war.
  • warm spring — a thermal spring having a temperature of up to 98°F (37°C).
  • warming pan — a long-handled, covered pan, usually of brass, filled with live coals or hot water for warming a cold bed.
  • warrantying — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
  • watch night — the last night of the year, observed in a watch meeting.
  • watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.
  • watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
  • water wings — an inflatable contrivance shaped like a pair of wings, usually worn under the arms to keep the body afloat while one swims or learns to swim.
  • waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
  • waxing moon — the moon at any time after new moon and before full moon, so called because its illuminated area is increasing.
  • weak ending — a verse ending in which the metrical stress falls on a word or syllable that would not be stressed in natural utterance, as a preposition, the object of which is carried over to the next line.
  • web hosting — the business of providing various services, hardware, and software for websites, as storage and maintenance of site files on a server.
  • wedding day — the day of a wedding.
  • weekendings — weekends during which one goes away from home
  • weeping ivy — a climbing plant, Ficus benjamina, of the fig family, grown as a greenhouse or house plant for its graceful glossy leaves on slender drooping branches
  • weigh a ton — If you say that something weighs a ton, you mean that it is extremely heavy.
  • weight down — If you weight something down, you put something heavy on it or in it in order to prevent it from moving easily.
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