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11-letter words containing h, o, w

  • crown ether — a type of cyclic ether consisting of a ring of carbon and oxygen atoms, with two or more carbon atoms between each oxygen atom
  • crown vetch — a trailing leguminous European plant, Coronilla varia, with clusters of white or pink flowers: cultivated in North America as a border plant
  • crown wheel — the wheel next to the winding knob that has one set of teeth at right angles to the other
  • crushworthy — (usually, of a, person) Suitable for a crush (infatuation): attractive.
  • czestochowa — an industrial city in S Poland, on the River Warta: pilgrimage centre. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
  • dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
  • disc harrow — a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting
  • disk harrow — a harrow having a number of sharp-edged, concave disks set at such an angle that as the harrow is drawn along the ground they turn the soil, pulverize it, and destroy weeds.
  • dog whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
  • dog-whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
  • double whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
  • dower chest — a Pennsylvania Dutch hope chest bearing the initials of the owner.
  • dower house — the dwelling that is intended for or occupied by the widowed mother of the owner of an ancestral estate.
  • downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
  • downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
  • downlighter — Downlight.
  • downshifted — Simple past tense and past participle of downshift.
  • drag harrow — a type of harrow consisting of heavy beams, often with spikes inserted, used to crush clods, level soil, or prepare seedbeds
  • droolworthy — inspiring or likely to inspire excessive enthusiasm or pleasure; extremely attractive or desirable
  • dwarf shoot — a very thin lateral branch in certain trees.
  • faithworthy — worthy of faith, trustworthy
  • fellowships — Plural form of fellowship.
  • fisherwoman — a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
  • fisherwomen — Plural form of fisherwoman.
  • flesh wound — a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
  • flower head — an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
  • flower shop — a shop where flowers and pot plants are sold
  • flower show — a display or exhibition, often competitive, of flowers and plants
  • flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
  • flowthrough — Flow (through a system or process).
  • follow shot — Also, following shot. Movies, Television. a traveling shot made as the camera moves along with the subject: a follow shot of the buffalo stampede, taken from a low-flying helicopter.
  • foreshadows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshadow.
  • foreshowing — Present participle of foreshow.
  • fourth wall — the imaginary wall of a box set, separating the actors from the audience.
  • frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
  • get nowhere — make no progress
  • ghost-write — If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work.
  • ghostwriter — A person whose job it is to write material for someone else who is the named author.
  • go downhill — travel down a slope
  • go ill with — to be unfortunate for or unfavorable to
  • go off with — sb
  • go out with — date
  • googlewhack — A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.
  • googlewhore — (Internet slang) To promote via Google; in particular, to do so by googlebombing.
  • gopher wood — an unidentified wood used in building Noah's ark. Gen. 6:14.
  • groatsworth — the amount that is, or may be, bought or sold for a groat
  • growth area — a geographic or economic area in which there is noticeable growth
  • growth cone — a flattened area at the end of a growing axon or dendrite, having radiating filopodia and lemellopodia that function as guides for the outgrowth of embryonic nerve fibers.
  • growth fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in growth stocks.
  • growth rate — increase per unit
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