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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
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