11-letter words containing c, w, o
- modock wool — territory wool.
- money cowry — a tropical marine gastropod, Cypraea moneta
- moscow mule — a cocktail of vodka, lime juice, and ginger beer, traditionally served in a copper mug.
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.
- new country — a style of country music that emerged in the late 1980s characterized by a more contemporary sound and down-to-earth rather than sentimental lyrics
- new economy — the postindustrial world economy based on internet trading and advanced technology
- nimzowitsch — Aaron Isayevich (ɪˈzaɪjɛvɪtʃ) 1886–1935, Latvian chess player and theorist; influential in enunciating the principles of the hypermodern school, of which he was the main instigator
- now account — Banking. a savings account against which checks can be written.
- objectworks — An object-oriented development environment developed by ParcPlace, available under Smalltalk and C++.
- office work — work normally carried out in an office, for example clerical or administrative work for an organization
- olive crown — (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- overcrowded — filled to excess; packed.
- owl's claws — a perennial plant, Helenium hoopesii, native to W North America, having large yellow flowers.
- oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- pieceworker — someone who does work paid for according to the quantity produced
- pillow lace — bobbin lace.
- police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policy wonk — a person who studies or makes political policies, esp one who has a strong enthusiasm for technical details
- policyowner — policyholder.
- power cable — cable for conducting electric power.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- 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.
- powerpc 601 — (processor) A 32-bit RISC processor with 2.8 million transistors (~1.2 million in the core logic) and 32 kilobytes of on-chip cache. Die size: 118.8 mm2. Heat dissipation at 66MHz: 9W. Performance at 66MHz: integer >60 SPECint92, floating-point >80 SPECfp92. Estimated manufacturing cost: $76. Maximum instructions per cycle: 3. 32 32-bit general-purpose registers. 32 64-bit floating-point registers. Successors: PowerPC 603, 604, 620.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- review copy — a copy of a book sent by a publisher to a journal, newspaper, etc, to enable it to be reviewed
- 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.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- scaled-down — reduced in level of activity, extent, numbers, etc
- schoolwards — in the direction of school
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- scissorwise — in a movement or position which imitates scissors
- scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
- screech owl — any of numerous small American owls of the genus Otus, having hornlike tufts of feathers, as O. asio, of eastern North America.
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- second wind — the return of ease in breathing after exhaustion caused by continued physical exertion, as in running.
- sketch show — a show, such as a TV show or public performance, consisting of a variety of short comedy scenes
- slow cooker — an electric cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid for cooking meats, casseroles, etc., for several hours at relatively low temperatures, usually around 200° F (93.3° C).
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- slow-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively slowly and is resistant to fatigue (distinguished from fast-twitch).
- snow cannon — a device used to create and project artificial snow for skiing
- snow chains — device that gives tyres extra grip
- snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
- social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
- social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
- stock power — a power of attorney permitting a person other than the owner of stock in a corporation to transfer the title of ownership to a third party.
- storm watch — watch (def 20).