11-letter words containing r, w
- 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.
- jabberwocky — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- javel water — sodium hypochlorite, NaOCl, dissolved in water, used as a bleach, antiseptic, etc.
- jaw-breaker — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- jawbreakers — Plural form of jawbreaker.
- jawdropping — Alternative form of jaw-dropping.
- jayawardene — Junius Richard. 1906–96, Sri Lankan statesman; prime minister (1977–78) and first president of Sri Lanka (1978–89)
- jesuit ware — Chinese porcelain of the early 18th century, decorated with Christian motifs, usually in black and gold on a white background.
- jew-s--harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- jewelleries — articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment.
- jewelry box — case for valuable accessories
- jim crowism — Jim Crow (def 1).
- joel barlow — Joel, 1754–1812, U.S. poet and diplomat.
- journeywork — the work of a journeyman.
- kerb weight — the weight of a motor car without occupants, luggage, etc
- kew gardens — the Royal Botanic Gardens in the Greater London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, on the River Thames; established in 1759 and given to the nation in 1841
- 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
- kinyarwanda — Ruanda (def 2).
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- kite winder — a triangular winder on a staircase.
- knackwursts — Plural form of knackwurst.
- knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
- know better — be sufficiently wise
- 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.
- labour ward — a ward or department of a hospital for the care and admission of women in the process of childbirth
- lacquerware — Articles that have a decorative lacquer coating, viewed collectively.
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- lake edward — a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Great Rift Valley: empties through the Semliki River into Lake Albert. Area: about 2150 sq km (830 sq miles)
- 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.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- lantern jaw — a distinctly protruding, often wide lower jaw.
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- late hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 through the 13th century, including Mishnaic Hebrew and Medieval Hebrew.
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- laughworthy — worthy of being laughed at
- law-breaker — A law-breaker is someone who breaks the law.
- lawbreakers — Plural form of lawbreaker.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- lawyer cane — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- lawyer palm — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- lawyer vine — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- least shrew — a small, brownish shrew, Cryptotis parva, of grassy regions of the eastern U.S.
- least-worst — bad but better than any available alternative
- leatherwear — clothing and accessories made of leather.
- leatherwood — an American shrub, Dirca palustris, having a tough bark.
- leatherwork — work or decoration done in leather.
- leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
- left-winger — A left-winger is a person whose political beliefs are close to socialism, or closer to them than most of the other people in the same group or party.