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11-letter words containing w, i, t

  • rowing boat — rowboat.
  • sacred writ — Scripture.
  • saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
  • sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
  • 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.
  • scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
  • 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
  • self-weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
  • settle with — to pay a debt or bill to
  • shirt-waist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
  • shittimwood — the wood of the shittah tree, believed to be a species of acacia
  • shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
  • shower unit — fitted shower
  • shuttlewise — in the manner of a shuttle (i.e. back and forth)
  • sightworthy — worth seeing
  • sign writer — someone whose job is to produce signs for businesses
  • silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
  • slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
  • 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.
  • slow-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively slowly and is resistant to fatigue (distinguished from fast-twitch).
  • slow-witted — mentally slow or dull; slow in comprehension and thinking.
  • small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
  • somewhither — to some unspecified place; somewhere.
  • songwriting — composing melodies and lyrics
  • sopping wet — soaked, dripping
  • sow thistle — any composite plant belonging to the genus Sonchus, especially S. oleraceus, a weed having thistlelike leaves, yellow flowers, and a milky juice.
  • spirit away — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
  • split wings — wings (of an artificial fly) that are dressed cocked up and separated into a V shape
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • square with — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • 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.
  • stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
  • still water — a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.
  • storywriter — a person who writes stories, tales, fables, etc.
  • straightway — straightaway.
  • strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
  • strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • swallowtail — the tail of a swallow or a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow.
  • swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
  • sweat shirt — a heavy, loose, usually long-sleeved pullover made of cotton jersey, worn as by athletes to absorb sweat during or after exercise, sometimes with loose trousers (sweat pants) of the same material, forming an ensemble (sweat suit)
  • sweet basil — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
  • sweet birch — a North American tree, Betula lenta, having smooth, blackish bark and twigs that are a source of methyl salicylate.
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