11-letter words containing w, i, t
- sweet cider — the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- sweet spire — a shrub, Itea virginica, of the eastern and southern U.S., having showy, fragrant, white flowers.
- sweetie pie — sweetheart (used especially as a term of endearment).
- sweetie-pie — sweetheart (used especially as a term of endearment).
- sweetiewife — a garrulous person
- 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
- swipe right — to move a finger from left to right across a touchscreen in order to approve an image
- swiss steak — a thick slice of steak dredged in flour and pounded, browned, and braised with tomatoes, onions, and other vegetables.
- switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
- switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
- switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
- sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- sword-point — the point of a sword
- tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tangle with — get involved with
- tawny pipit — a small sandy-brown European bird, Anthus campestris, of the wagtail family; an irregular migrant to some parts of Britain
- televiewing — the act of watching television
- teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
- the haywain — a famous picture by John Constable
- the swedish — the people of Sweden collectively
- the willies — nervousness, jitters, or fright (esp in the phrase give (or get) the willies)
- the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
- the yahwist — the conjectured author or authors of the earliest of four main sources or strands of tradition of which the Pentateuch is composed and in which God is called Yahweh throughout
- therewithal — together with that; in addition to that.
- therewithin — in or within that
- thimbleweed — any of several plants having a thimble-shaped fruiting head, especially either of two white-flowered North American plants, Anemone riparia or A. virginiana.
- think twice — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- third wheel — odd person out among three people
- third world — the underdeveloped nations of the world, especially those with widespread poverty.
- thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
- thitherward — Also, thitherward [thith -er-werd, th ith -] /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/ (Show IPA), thitherwards. to or toward that place or point; there.
- throw a fit — a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- tiddlywinks — a game played on a flat surface, in which players attempt to snap small plastic disks into a cup by pressing the edges of the disks with larger ones.
- tie in with — If something such as an idea or fact ties in with or ties up with something else, it is consistent with it or connected with it.
- tig welding — tungsten-electrode inert gas welding: a method of welding in which the arc is maintained by a tungsten electrode and shielded from the access of air by an inert gas
- tiger prawn — a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans