11-letter words containing l, w, e
- coneflowers — Plural form of coneflower.
- cornflowers — Plural form of cornflower.
- counterblow — a retaliatory blow
- counterflow — the flowing of two fluids in opposite directions in adjacent parts of an apparatus
- counterglow — gegenschein.
- cow college — an agricultural college
- 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
- daisy wheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- deal a blow — If an event deals a blow to something or someone, it causes them great difficulties or makes failure more likely.
- deflowering — Present participle of deflower.
- 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.
- dewar flask — a type of vacuum flask, esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium, etc; Thermos
- diddle with — Informal. to toy; fool (usually followed by with): The kids have been diddling with the controls on the television set again.
- 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.
- disavowable — capable of being disavowed
- disbowelled — disembowelled
- disembowels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembowel.
- disk flower — one of a number of small tubular flowers composing the disk of certain composite plants.
- 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.
- double-wide — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- doublewides — Plural form of doublewide.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
- downwelling — a downward current of surface water in the ocean, usually caused by differences in the density of seawater.
- 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.
- drill tower — a structure, usually of concrete and steel, that resembles a building and is used by firefighters for practicing and improving firefighting techniques.
- dull-witted — mentally slow; stupid.
- duniewassal — a gentleman, especially a cadet of a ranking family, among the Highlanders of Scotland.
- dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
- dwell angle — Dwell angle is the amount of time, measured as degrees of rotation, that contact breakers close in a distributor.
- dwindlement — the condition of decreasing or diminishing
- earl warren — Earl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: chief justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
- edward lear — Edward, 1812–88, English writer of humorous verse and landscape painter.
- elbow joint — the joint between the upper arm and the forearm, formed by the junction of the radius and ulna with the humerus
- elderflower — The flower of the elder, used to make wines, cordials, and other drinks.