11-letter words containing s, e, w, l
- fellowships — Plural form of fellowship.
- flesh wound — a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
- floodwaters — The waters of a flood.
- flower shop — a shop where flowers and pot plants are sold
- flower show — a display or exhibition, often competitive, of flowers and plants
- flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- flowingness — the quality of being flowing
- fly swatter — a device for killing flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, usually a square sheet of wire mesh attached to a long handle.
- foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
- frostflower — a plant, Milla biflora, of the amaryllis family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- galley-west — Informal. into a state of unconsciousness, confusion, or disarray (usually used in the phrase to knock galley-west).
- gallowsness — the quality of being bold or reckless
- gas welding — a method of welding in which a combination of gases, usually oxyacetylene, is used to provide a hot flame
- glassblower — A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
- glassworker — a person who makes or does glasswork.
- grease wool — shorn fleece before it has been cleaned
- greasy wool — untreated wool, still retaining the lanolin, which is used for waterproof clothing
- groundswell — a broad, deep swell or rolling of the sea, due to a distant storm or gale.
- gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- henry's law — the principle that at a constant temperature the concentration of a gas dissolved in a fluid with which it does not combine chemically is almost directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas at the surface of the fluid.
- hinshelwood — Sir Cyril Norman, 1897–1967, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- hooke's law — the law stating that the stress on a solid substance is directly proportional to the strain produced, provided the stress is less than the elastic limit of the substance.
- hornswoggle — to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
- housewifely — of, like, or befitting a housewife.
- ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
- ida b wells — Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
- jewelfishes — Plural form of jewelfish.
- jewelleries — articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment.
- joule's law — the principle that the rate of production of heat by a constant direct current is directly proportional to the resistance of the circuit and to the square of the current.
- keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
- lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
- law society — association of lawyers
- law student — sb who studies legal system
- lawbreakers — Plural form of lawbreaker.
- lawlessness — contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
- lawn tennis — tennis, especially when played on a grass court.
- 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
- lech walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
- leg warmers — a set of coverings for the legs, worn for warmth or, as by dancers rehearsing, to prevent leg cramps
- leisurewear — casual clothes that are designed for wear during leisure time.
- lewis range — a mountain range in NW Montana, a front range of the N Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Cleveland, 10,466 feet (3192 meters).
- lewy bodies — abnormal proteins that occur in the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia, causing Parkinson's disease and dementia
- 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.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- loose-weave — loosely woven
- low hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 2 feet 6 inches (76 cm) high.