11-letter words containing o, r, w
- tongue worm — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- tonic water — drink: carbonated water
- torrens law — any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said land
- tower block — a high-rise building.
- tower crane — a rotatable cantilever jib on top of a steelwork tower used on building sites where the operator needs to command a good view of the site
- tower wagon — a trailer carrying an extensible ladder for use in firefighting, photography, repairing overhead wires, trimming trees, etc. Compare cherry picker (def 2).
- town centre — the most important commercial or business area of a town, containing most of the shops, banks, restaurants etc
- tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
- trans woman — an adult who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- tree mallow — a malvaceous treelike plant, Lavatera arborea, of rocky coastal areas of Europe and N Africa, having a woody stem, rounded leaves, and red-purple flowers
- trelliswork — latticework.
- trestlework — a structural system composed of trestles.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trombe wall — a glass-fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for radiation into a building.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
- trustworthy — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
- twenty-four — a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.
- two-by-four — two units thick and four units wide, especially in inches.
- two-pointer — a shot from inside or on the three point line, worth two points if it is made
- two-wheeler — a vehicle, especially a bicycle, having two wheels: The boy changed his tricycle for a two-wheeler.
- un-showered — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- undergrowth — low-lying vegetation or small trees growing beneath larger trees; underbrush.
- underworked — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- underworker — a person who underworks
- unempowered — to give power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means: I empowered my agent to make the deal for me. The local ordinance empowers the board of health to close unsanitary restaurants.
- unforeknown — not foreknown
- unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- view factor — The view factor is the degree to which heat carried by radiation can be passed between two surfaces.
- vine grower — a person who cultivates grapevines
- virgin wool — wool not previously used in manufacture
- visualworks — (language) A modern commercial implementation of the Smalltalk programming language. VisualWorks descends directly from the original Smalltalk-80 by Xerox PARC and was originally developed (for some time under the name Objectworks\Smalltalk) by ParcPlace Systems. VisualWorks relies on dynamic translation as its virtual machine technology.
- vote-winner — a popular action that could secure votes for a person or party
- vowel rhyme — Prosody. assonance (def 2).
- vowel-rhyme — resemblance of sounds.
- waffle iron — appliance for cooking waffles
- waffle-iron — a batter cake with a pattern of deep indentations on each side, formed by the gridlike design on each of the two hinged parts of the metal appliance (waffle iron) in which the cake is baked.
- wagon train — a train of wagons and horses, as one carrying military supplies or transporting settlers in the westward migration.
- wagonwright — a person who makes wagons
- wait around — If you wait around or wait about, you stay in the same place, usually doing very little, because you cannot act before something happens or before someone arrives.
- wait for it — You say 'wait for it' to stop someone from doing something too soon because you have not yet given them the command to do it.
- wakeboarder — someone who rides a wakeboard
- walk on air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- walkthrough — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- wall rocket — any of several yellow-flowered European plants of the genus Diplotaxis, such as D. muralis, that grow on old walls and in waste places: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- wallflowers — Plural form of wallflower.
- wallingford — a town in S Connecticut.
- war footing — the condition or status of a military force or other organization when operating under a state of war or as if a state of war existed.
- war of 1812 — the war between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815.