11-letter words containing w, o, e
- swell front — a horizontally convex front, as of a chest of drawers.
- swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- swollenness — a past participle of swell.
- sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
- swordbearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
- tae kwon do — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
- tallow tree — a small tree, Sapium sebiferum, of the spurge family, cultivated in China and the tropics, having popcorn-shaped seeds with a waxy coating that is used for soap, candles, and oil.
- teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
- texas tower — an offshore radar-equipped platform supported by foundations sunk into the floor of the ocean, formerly used as part of a system for warning against air attacks.
- the gallows — execution by hanging
- the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
- the network — network, the
- the wagoner — Auriga
- the wounded — persons wounded, esp. in warfare
- thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- throw shade — to make a public show of contempt
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
- to eat crow — If someone eats crow, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize, especially in situations where this is humiliating or embarrassing for them.
- to give way — If an object that is supporting something gives way, it breaks or collapses, so that it can no longer support that thing.
- to the wide — completely
- to the wire — If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment.
- toilet bowl — the ceramic bowl of a toilet.
- tongue worm — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- tongues wag — If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
- tonic water — drink: carbonated water
- torrens law — any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said land
- tower block — a high-rise building.
- tower crane — a rotatable cantilever jib on top of a steelwork tower used on building sites where the operator needs to command a good view of the site
- tower wagon — a trailer carrying an extensible ladder for use in firefighting, photography, repairing overhead wires, trimming trees, etc. Compare cherry picker (def 2).
- town centre — the most important commercial or business area of a town, containing most of the shops, banks, restaurants etc
- townspeople — residents of a town
- toxic waste — waste material that can be harmful or deadly to living creatures and the environment
- tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
- tree mallow — a malvaceous treelike plant, Lavatera arborea, of rocky coastal areas of Europe and N Africa, having a woody stem, rounded leaves, and red-purple flowers
- trelliswork — latticework.
- trestlework — a structural system composed of trestles.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trombe wall — a glass-fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for radiation into a building.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
- tumble down — collapse, fall