11-letter words containing r, w
- great wheel — the wheel immediately driven by the power source.
- great world — fashionable society and its way of life
- green power — the power of money, viewed as a social force.
- green words — green bytes
- greenswards — Plural form of greensward.
- grey willow — a species of willow, Salix cinerea, with greenish-grey catkins
- grimm's law — the statement of the regular pattern of consonant correspondences presumed to represent changes from Proto-Indo-European to Germanic, according to which voiced aspirated stops became voiced obstruents, voiced unaspirated stops became unvoiced stops, and unvoiced stops became unvoiced fricatives: first formulated in 1820–22 by Jakob Grimm, though the facts had been noted earlier by Rasmus Rask.
- grindelwald — a valley and resort in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland: mountaineering centre, with the Wetterhorn and the Eiger nearby
- gripe water — a solution given to infants to relieve colic
- groatsworth — the amount that is, or may be, bought or sold for a groat
- ground crew — ground personnel responsible for the maintenance and repair of aircraft.
- ground wave — a radio wave that propagates on or near the earth's surface and is affected by the ground and the troposphere.
- ground wire — a lead from an electric apparatus to the earth or to a ground connection.
- groundswell — a broad, deep swell or rolling of the sea, due to a distant storm or gale.
- groundwater — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- groundworks — Plural form of groundwork.
- grow out of — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- growth area — a geographic or economic area in which there is noticeable growth
- growth cone — a flattened area at the end of a growing axon or dendrite, having radiating filopodia and lemellopodia that function as guides for the outgrowth of embryonic nerve fibers.
- growth fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in growth stocks.
- growth rate — increase per unit
- growth ring — annual ring.
- growthiness — the quality of being growthy
- guardswoman — A female guardsman.
- guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
- guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
- gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- hack writer — a writer of undistinguished literary work produced to order
- hairweaving — the attachment of matching hair to a base of nylon thread interwoven with a person's own hair, as to cover a bald area or to add length: Three of the makeovers involved hairweaving.
- hammer away — If you hammer away at a task or activity, you work at it constantly and with great energy.
- hammer blow — a blow from a hammer
- hammer down — a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- hand-worker — a person who does handwork
- handbarrows — Plural form of handbarrow.
- handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
- handwriting — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
- handwritten — to write (something) by hand.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- hardwareman — (obsolete) An ironmonger.
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- harrow hell — to enter hell and rescue the righteous
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hash browns — fried potato cake
- hawes water — a lake in NW England, in the Lake District: provides part of Manchester's water supply; extended by damming from 4 km (2.5 miles) to 6 km (4 miles)
- hawser bend — a knot uniting the ends of two lines.
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- head waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- head-waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.