10-letter words containing o, w, e, l
- cockwomble — (UK,slang,derogatory) A foolish or obnoxious person.
- codewalker — (programming, tool) A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
- cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
- cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
- commonweal — the good of the community
- coneflower — any North American plant of the genera Rudbeckia, Ratibida, and Echinacea, which have rayed flowers with a conelike centre: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cornflower — Cornflowers are small plants with flowers that are usually blue.
- cow killer — a large velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) of the S and E U.S.: the wingless female has a powerful sting
- coweringly — in a cowering manner
- crewelwork — embroidery done with crewel
- crown lens — a lens made of optical crown, esp the optical-crown part of a compound achromatic lens
- cut flower — any pretty flower cut for a floral arrangement.
- death blow — If you say that an event or action deals a death blow to something such as a plan or hope, or is a death blow to something, you mean that it puts an end to it.
- deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
- deflowered — Simple past tense and past participle of deflower.
- deflowerer — One who deflowers.
- devilwoods — Plural form of devilwood.
- disallowed — Forbidden.
- disembowel — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disemvowel — to remove the vowels from (a word in a text message, email, etc) in order to abbreviate it
- dish towel — cloth: for drying dishes
- dishtowels — Plural form of dishtowel.
- dog-walker — a person who walks other people's dogs, especially for a fee.
- dollarwise — as expressed in dollars; in dollars and cents: How much does a million francs amount to, dollarwise?
- doublewide — Alternative spelling of double-wide.
- doubleword — two bytes considered as a single storage entity, used in some high-level programming languages.
- down-cycle — business: move downward
- downblouse — Describing a voyeuristic image of the view down a woman's cleavage.
- downfallen — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- downhiller — a skier who competes in downhill races, especially in the downhill.
- downloaded — Simple past tense and past participle of download.
- downloader — Someone who downloads files from the Internet.
- downlooked — having a sad or dejected appearance
- downplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of downplay.
- downscaled — Simple past tense and past participle of downscale.
- downslides — Plural form of downslide.
- dreamworld — A fantastic or idealized view of life.
- drop elbow — an elbow having lugs for attaching it to a wall or joist.
- early wood — springwood.
- elbow room — Elbow room is the freedom to do what you want to do or need to do in a particular situation.
- elbow-rest — something designed for resting one's elbow on
- face towel — a small towel for the face.
- fallowness — (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
- falseworks — Plural form of falsework.
- felixstowe — a port and resort in E England, in Suffolk: ferry connections to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. Pop: 29 349 (2001)
- fellow men — if you refer to people as your fellow men, you are emphasizing that you and they are human beings and have things in common
- fellowship — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- fiddle bow — a bow with which the strings of the violin or a similar instrument are set in vibration.
- fiddlewood — the heavy, hard, durable wood of various West Indian and other trees.
- field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.