11-letter words containing c, e, l, w
- cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
- cowansville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- cowardliest — Superlative form of cowardly.
- crackleware — porcelain or pottery decorated with intentional crazing in the glaze
- crawl space — A crawl space is a narrow space under the roof or floor of a building that provides access to the wiring or plumbing.
- crippleware — a computer program whose functionality has been deliberately limited, thus forcing the user to purchase additional software
- cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
- cross swell — a movement of the sea at right angles to a major current
- crown jewel — The Crown Jewels are the crown, sceptre, and other precious objects which are used on important official occasions by the King or Queen.
- crown wheel — the wheel next to the winding knob that has one set of teeth at right angles to the other
- culture war — conflict of values
- curie's law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature
- deuces wild — a variety or method of playing certain poker and other games in which a deuce represents any suit or denomination that the holder chooses: We're playing five-card stud, deuces wild.
- electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
- excise laws — laws relating to taxes on dutiable items
- flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
- googlewhack — A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.
- ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
- include war — Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers. In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file.
- lace pillow — pillow (def 3).
- lacquerware — Articles that have a decorative lacquer coating, viewed collectively.
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- law society — association of lawyers
- lawyer cane — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- lech walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- low-calorie — containing relatively fewer calories than comparable foods, diets, etc
- low-context — tending to communicate by electronic methods such as e-mail, rather than in person
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- lower class — classes lower in rank than middle class
- lower court — any court other than the highest court in a jurisdiction
- lower-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- moscow mule — a cocktail of vodka, lime juice, and ginger beer, traditionally served in a copper mug.
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- olive crown — (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- pillow lace — bobbin lace.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policyowner — policyholder.
- power cable — cable for conducting electric power.
- power cycle — (hardware) (Or "cycle power", "cycle") To turn a machine's power off and on, with the intention of clearing some kind of hung or gronked state. Synonym 120 reset; see also Big Red Switch. Compare Vulcan nerve pinch, bounce and boot, and see the AI Koan about Tom Knight and the novice.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- rice weevil — a brown weevil, Sitophilus oryzae, that infests, breeds in, and feeds on stored grains, especially rice.
- rock flower — any shrub of the genus Crossosoma, native to the arid regions of the southwestern U.S., having thick, narrow leaves and solitary flowers.
- scaled-down — reduced in level of activity, extent, numbers, etc