11-letter words containing w, r, i
- martial law — the law temporarily imposed upon an area by state or national military forces when civil authority has broken down or during wartime military operations.
- meadow bird — the bobolink.
- merry widow — a woman's undergarment consisting of a strapless brassiere and short corset with attached garters.
- mexican war — the war between the U.S. and Mexico, 1846–48.
- microbrewed — Produced by microbrewing.
- microbrewer — The person or company that operates a microbrewery.
- microswitch — a highly sensitive switch used in automatic-control devices.
- microwaving — Present participle of microwave.
- microwriter — a small device with six keys for creating text that can be printed or displayed on a visual display unit
- middlebrows — Plural form of middlebrow.
- mildewproof — able to withstand or repel the effect of mildew.
- milk powder — dry milk.
- mill worker — a person who works in a mill, esp a cotton mill
- millwrights — Plural form of millwright.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mind-blower — a hallucinogenic drug.
- mineral wax — ozocerite.
- minesweeper — a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines.
- mineworkers — Plural form of mineworker.
- mopani worm — an edible caterpillar that feeds on mopani leaves
- motion work — clockwork by which the hour hand is driven from the shaft of the minute hand.
- new britain — the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, in the W central Pacific Ocean. About 14,600 sq. mi. (37,814 sq. km). Capital: Rabaul.
- new georgia — a group of islands in the Solomon Islands.
- new ireland — an island in the Bismarck Archipelago, in the W central Pacific Ocean NE of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. About 3800 sq. mi. (9800 sq. km).
- new milford — a town in W Connecticut.
- new realism — neorealism.
- new wrinkle — innovation
- news editor — a person who is in charge of the news desk at a newspaper or broadcasting organization and whose job is to oversee the selection and preparation of news items for publication or broadcast
- newswriting — writing for publication in a newspaper, often reporting current events; journalism.
- nicht wahr? — isn't that so?
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- non-working — not employed for a salary, fees, or wages; not producing or generating income: Our employee medical plan also covers nonworking spouses.
- norway pine — red pine.
- office work — work normally carried out in an office, for example clerical or administrative work for an organization
- old windsor — a royal residence in the time of Edward the Confessor, 3 km (2 miles) southeast of the town of Windsor in Berkshire
- olive brown — a dull yellowish-brown to yellowish-green colour
- olive crown — (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- outswingers — Plural form of outswinger.
- over-sewing — to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially closely, so as to cover the edge or make a firm seam.
- overblowing — A technique for playing a wind instrument so as to produce overtones.
- overdrawing — Present participle of overdraw.
- overflowing — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
- overweening — presumptuously conceited, overconfident, or proud: a brash, insolent, overweening fellow.
- overwritten — to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style: He overwrites his essays to the point of absurdity.
- paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- parataniwha — a New Zealand plant, Elatostema rugosa, with pink and red serrated leaves
- parian ware — an English and American hardpaste porcelain ware introduced c1850, having a white, hard surface and used mainly for biscuit figures.