11-letter words containing l, w, e
- overflowing — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
- overswollen — too swollen
- overwhelmed — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
- overwrestle — to overpower by wrestling
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- paddle worm — any of a family of green-blue faintly iridescent active marine polychaete worms of the genus Phyllodoce, having paddle-shaped swimming lobes, found under stones on the shore
- palmer worm — the hairy black and white caterpillar of the goldtail moth
- paper towel — absorbent kitchen tissue
- pedal power — use of a cycle
- peely-wally — off colour; pale and ill-looking
- pillow lace — bobbin lace.
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- pinwheeling — a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
- plain weave — the most common and tightest of basic weave structures in which the filling threads pass over and under successive warp threads and repeat the same pattern with alternate threads in the following row, producing a checkered surface.
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- 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.
- potwalloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
- powder blue — a pale blue diluted with gray.
- powder flag — red flag (def 4).
- powder mill — a mill in which gunpowder is made.
- power alley — either of the two areas in the outfield between the outfielders
- 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 drill — a drill operated by a motor.
- power elite — a closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- prairie owl — burrowing owl.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- pupil power — the influence of or the increased status of the beliefs or actions of pupils
- purple wire — (jargon, hardware) Wire installed by IBM Field Engineers to work around problems discovered during testing or debugging. These are called "purple wires" even when (as is frequently the case) they are yellow. Compare blue wire, yellow wire, and red wire.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- reflowering — an occurrence of flowering again
- relief work — the work carried out by charities providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
- rice weevil — a brown weevil, Sitophilus oryzae, that infests, breeds in, and feeds on stored grains, especially rice.
- right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
- 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.
- rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
- rose weevil — Fuller rose beetle.
- rule of law — the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced; the principle of government by law.
- safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
- saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- saul bellow — Saul, 1915–2005, U.S. novelist, born in Canada: Nobel Prize in Literature 1976.
- scaled-down — reduced in level of activity, extent, numbers, etc