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

  • repairwoman — a woman whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
  • shop window — storefront display
  • shop-window — a window used for display of merchandise.
  • showjumping — horseriding event
  • showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
  • shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
  • shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
  • single whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
  • sopping wet — soaked, dripping
  • spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
  • split wings — wings (of an artificial fly) that are dressed cocked up and separated into a V shape
  • spring snow — corn snow.
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
  • swan-upping — the taking up of young swans to mark them with nicks on the beak for identification.
  • swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out
  • sword-point — the point of a sword
  • tawny pipit — a small sandy-brown European bird, Anthus campestris, of the wagtail family; an irregular migrant to some parts of Britain
  • tiger prawn — a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans
  • townscaping — the act of designing a town
  • two-pointer — a shot from inside or on the three point line, worth two points if it is made
  • typewriting — the act or skill of using a typewriter.
  • typewritten — A typewritten document has been typed on a typewriter or word processor.
  • upside down — with the upper part undermost.
  • vowel point — any of a group of auxiliary symbols, as small lines and dots, placed above or below consonant symbols to indicate vowels in a writing system, as that of Hebrew or Arabic, in which vowels are otherwise not written.
  • wading pool — a small, shallow pool for children to wade and play in.
  • 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.
  • waspishness — The quality of being waspish.
  • watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
  • water paint — a pigment, as watercolor, in which water is used as the vehicle.
  • web spinner — any of several slender insects, of the order Embioptera, that nest in colonies in silken webs spun with secretions from the enlarged front legs.
  • 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
  • wellsprings — Plural form of wellspring.
  • westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
  • whimperings — Plural form of whimpering.
  • whisperings — Plural form of whispering.
  • white aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
  • whiteprints — Plural form of whiteprint.
  • whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
  • wimpishness — The state or quality of being wimpish.
  • wind sprint — a sprint, usually run several times in succession as part of a conditioning program, to develop an athlete's wind, speed, and endurance.
  • windom peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,082 feet (4292 meters).
  • window-shop — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
  • windowpanes — Plural form of windowpane.
  • wine expert — specialist or connoisseur of wines
  • winepresses — Plural form of winepress.
  • winnipegger — a city in and the capital of Manitoba, in S Canada, on the Red River.
  • winter park — a city in E Florida.
  • wirepulling — an act of pulling wires.
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