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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.
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