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11-letter words containing l, a, w, r, e

  • 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.
  • 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
  • dewar flask — a type of vacuum flask, esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium, etc; Thermos
  • die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
  • downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
  • draw a line — If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them.
  • dream world — the world of imagination or illusion rather than of objective reality.
  • earl warrenEarl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: chief justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
  • edward learEdward, 1812–88, English writer of humorous verse and landscape painter.
  • electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
  • fallow deer — A fallow deer is a small deer that has a reddish coat which develops white spots in summer.
  • fallow-deer — a Eurasian deer, Dama dama, with a fallow or yellowish coat.
  • fast bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
  • flea powder — powder that is put on an animal's coat to kill or discourage fleas
  • floodwaters — The waters of a flood.
  • floorwalker — a person employed in a store to direct customers and supervise salespeople.
  • flower head — an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
  • flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
  • fly swatter — a device for killing flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, usually a square sheet of wire mesh attached to a long handle.
  • foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
  • fowler flap — a flap normally forming a part of the trailing edge of an airplane wing, capable of being moved backward and rotated downward in order to increase lift through increased camber and wing area.
  • furtwangler — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, German orchestral conductor.
  • garden wall — a wall surrounding a garden or separating two gardens
  • glassblower — A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
  • glassworker — a person who makes or does glasswork.
  • grease wool — shorn fleece before it has been cleaned
  • greasy wool — untreated wool, still retaining the lanolin, which is used for waterproof clothing
  • great wheel — the wheel immediately driven by the power source.
  • great world — fashionable society and its way of life
  • grindelwald — a valley and resort in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland: mountaineering centre, with the Wetterhorn and the Eiger nearby
  • gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
  • hammer blow — a blow from a hammer
  • harrow hell — to enter hell and rescue the righteous
  • hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
  • heart-whole — not in love.
  • heir at law — a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.
  • heir-at-law — a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.
  • henry's law — the principle that at a constant temperature the concentration of a gas dissolved in a fluid with which it does not combine chemically is almost directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas at the surface of the fluid.
  • hill walker — a person who takes part in hill walking
  • 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.
  • javel water — sodium hypochlorite, NaOCl, dissolved in water, used as a bleach, antiseptic, etc.
  • joel barlowJoel, 1754–1812, U.S. poet and diplomat.
  • lacquerware — Articles that have a decorative lacquer coating, viewed collectively.
  • lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
  • lake edward — a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Great Rift Valley: empties through the Semliki River into Lake Albert. Area: about 2150 sq km (830 sq miles)
  • land worker — a person who works on the land
  • lantern jaw — a distinctly protruding, often wide lower jaw.
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