11-letter words containing r, o, w, i
- ironworking — The making of useful or decorative items from iron.
- ivory tower — a place or situation remote from worldly or practical affairs: the university as an ivory tower.
- ivory-white — of a creamy or yellowish white in color.
- jawdropping — Alternative form of jaw-dropping.
- jim crowism — Jim Crow (def 1).
- kidney worm — any of various large nematodes parasitic in the kidneys, especially Stephanurus dentatus, found in pigs.
- killer blow — something that puts a stop to something or defeats something
- kwashiorkor — a malnutrition disease, chiefly of children, caused by severe protein and vitamin deficiency and characterized by retarded growth, changes in pigmentation, potbelly, and anemia.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- life's work — Someone's life's work or life work is the main activity that they have been involved in during their life, or their most important achievement.
- lister-plow — Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- littleworth — worthless; of little value
- low profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- low-calorie — containing relatively fewer calories than comparable foods, diets, etc
- low-profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- low-protein — Low-protein substances contain very little protein.
- low-scoring — (of a sports match) having, getting, or ending in a low score
- lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
- lower rhine — a section of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany and the North Sea.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- marine snow — small particles of organic biogenic marine sediment, including the remains of organisms, faecal matter, and the shells of planktonic organisms, that slowly drift down to the sea floor
- meadow bird — the bobolink.
- merry widow — a woman's undergarment consisting of a strapless brassiere and short corset with attached garters.
- microbrewed — Produced by microbrewing.
- microbrewer — The person or company that operates a microbrewery.
- microswitch — a highly sensitive switch used in automatic-control devices.
- microwaving — Present participle of microwave.
- microwriter — a small device with six keys for creating text that can be printed or displayed on a visual display unit
- middlebrows — Plural form of middlebrow.
- mildewproof — able to withstand or repel the effect of mildew.
- milk powder — dry milk.
- mill worker — a person who works in a mill, esp a cotton mill
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mind-blower — a hallucinogenic drug.
- mineworkers — Plural form of mineworker.
- mopani worm — an edible caterpillar that feeds on mopani leaves
- motion work — clockwork by which the hour hand is driven from the shaft of the minute hand.
- new georgia — a group of islands in the Solomon Islands.
- new milford — a town in W Connecticut.
- news editor — a person who is in charge of the news desk at a newspaper or broadcasting organization and whose job is to oversee the selection and preparation of news items for publication or broadcast
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- non-working — not employed for a salary, fees, or wages; not producing or generating income: Our employee medical plan also covers nonworking spouses.
- norway pine — red pine.
- office work — work normally carried out in an office, for example clerical or administrative work for an organization
- old windsor — a royal residence in the time of Edward the Confessor, 3 km (2 miles) southeast of the town of Windsor in Berkshire
- olive brown — a dull yellowish-brown to yellowish-green colour
- olive crown — (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.