11-letter words containing w, n
- bench screw — a wooden or metal screw rotated by a handle fixed to one end within a threaded block fixed to a workbench: used with various jaws to form a vise.
- benchwarmer — a player who is usually on the bench; reserve
- bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
- berlin wall — a wall dividing the east and west sectors of Berlin, built in 1961 by the East German authorities to stop the flow of refugees from east to west; demolition of the wall began in 1989
- berlin wool — a fine wool yarn used for tapestry work, etc
- betweenness — the condition of being between
- betweentime — the time between events; interval
- bewildering — A bewildering thing or situation is very confusing and difficult to understand or to make a decision about.
- bewitchment — the state of being bewitched
- bhubaneswar — an ancient city in E India, the capital of Odisha (formerly Orissa) state: many temples built between the 7th and 16th centuries. Pop: 647 302 (2001)
- bidding war — a situation in which multiple offerers bid to own a single property
- binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
- bingo wings — areas of loose or flabby skin on the upper arm, esp in women, which hang down when the arm is extended
- blanketweed — a type of filamentous pond algae
- bogged down — If you get bogged down in something, it prevents you from making progress or getting something done.
- bone marrow — Bone marrow is the soft fatty substance inside human or animal bones.
- botany wool — a fine wool from the merino sheep
- bowie knife — a stout hunting knife with a short hilt and a guard for the hand
- bowling bag — a bag for carrying a bowling ball and often bowling shoes or other equipment.
- branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
- breadwinner — The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things.
- bridal gown — a wedding dress
- brocken bow — anticorona.
- broken wind — heaves
- broken-down — A broken-down vehicle or machine no longer works because it has something wrong with it.
- brow antler — the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
- brown betty — a baked apple pudding made with butter, spices, sugar, and bread crumbs
- brown bread — bread made with wholemeal flour, or with ingredients that give it a brown colour
- brown dwarf — a type of celestial body midway in mass between a large planet and a small star
- brown earth — an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England
- brown flour — wheat flour that uses approximately 85% of the whole grain
- brown goods — Brown goods are electrical appliances such as televisions and audio equipment. Compare white goods.
- brown heart — a brown discoloration of the flesh of stored apples, resulting from high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- brown hyena — a hyena, Hyaena brunnea, of southern Africa, having a blackish-gray coat: its dwindling population is now protected.
- brown paper — a coarse unbleached paper used for wrapping
- brown patch — a fungus disease of turf grass that results in circular areas of brown, dead grass.
- brown pound — the perceived purchasing power of Britain’s Black and Asian minorities as a group
- brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
- brown shirt — (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper
- brown snake — any of various common venomous snakes of the genus Pseudonaja
- brown study — a mood of deep absorption or thoughtfulness; reverie
- brown sugar — Brown sugar is sugar that has not been refined, or is only partly refined. It is golden brown in color.
- brown swiss — a hardy breed of large, brown dairy cattle, first raised in Switzerland
- brown toast — toasted wholemeal bread
- brown trout — a common brownish variety of the trout Salmo trutta that occurs in the rivers of N Europe and has been successfully introduced in North America
- brown water — shallow water, as opposed to deep (blue) water.
- brown-state — (of linen and lace fabrics) undyed
- browned off — If you say that you are browned off, you mean that you are annoyed and depressed.