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11-letter words containing w, i, t, h, n

  • winter moth — a brown geometrid moth, Operophtera brumata, of which the male is often seen against lighted windows in winter, the female being wingless
  • winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
  • with a bang — begin, end: in a dramatic way
  • with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • withdrawing — Present participle of withdraw.
  • witheringly — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
  • withershins — in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.
  • witherspoonJohn, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
  • withholding — to hold back; restrain or check.
  • within call — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
  • withindoors — into or inside the house.
  • withstander — A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
  • worthington — a town in central Ohio.
  • wrong thing — (jargon)   A design, action, or decision that is clearly incorrect or inappropriate. Often capitalised; always emphasised in speech as if capitalised. The opposite of the Right Thing; more generally, anything that is not the Right Thing. In cases where "the good is the enemy of the best", the merely good - although good - is nevertheless the Wrong Thing. "In C, the default is for module-level declarations to be visible everywhere, rather than just within the module. This is clearly the Wrong Thing."
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