11-letter words containing w, i, n, t
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- 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.
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- outswimming — Present participle of outswim.
- outswingers — Plural form of outswinger.
- outweighing — Present participle of outweigh.
- overwritten — to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style: He overwrites his essays to the point of absurdity.
- parataniwha — a New Zealand plant, Elatostema rugosa, with pink and red serrated leaves
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- pennyweight — (in troy weight) a unit of 24 grains or 1/20 of an ounce (1.56 grams). Abbreviation: dwt, pwt.
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- power point — electrical socket
- power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
- pre-written — a past participle of write.
- ratings war — a situation in which each of two or more channels makes a particular effort to attract more viewers or listeners than its rival
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- reinterview — to interview or question again
- rent review — a provision in the lease of a business premise whereby the amount of the rent being paid is reconsidered at stated intervals, for example every three or five years
- rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
- rowing boat — rowboat.
- satin weave — one of the basic weave structures in which the filling threads are interlaced with the warp at widely separated intervals, producing the effect of an unbroken surface.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- 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
- shower unit — fitted shower
- sign writer — someone whose job is to produce signs for businesses
- slow motion — cinema: slower than in reality
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- slow-motion — of, pertaining to or made in slow motion: a slow-motion replay.
- songwriting — composing melodies and lyrics
- sopping wet — soaked, dripping
- split wings — wings (of an artificial fly) that are dressed cocked up and separated into a V shape
- springwater — water from a spring
- stanislaw i — (Stanislaw Leszczynski) Stanislaus I.
- stanislawow — Polish name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
- stem-winder — a stemwinding watch.
- stemwinding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
- strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
- swing shift — a work shift in industry from midafternoon until midnight.
- swing state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- swingletree — a whiffletree.
- swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
- switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.