11-letter words containing w, a, l, c
- crackleware — porcelain or pottery decorated with intentional crazing in the glaze
- crawl space — A crawl space is a narrow space under the roof or floor of a building that provides access to the wiring or plumbing.
- crippleware — a computer program whose functionality has been deliberately limited, thus forcing the user to purchase additional software
- cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
- crown glass — an old form of window glass made by blowing a globe and spinning it until it formed a flat disc
- culture war — conflict of values
- curie's law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature
- curtainwall — Storm shutters or other removable protection for all windows and doors in a residence or building against the effects of high winds, rain and flying objects during a hurricane. They can be made of a variety of materials such as aluminum panels, iron or even wood.
- downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
- electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
- excise laws — laws relating to taxes on dutiable items
- facial wash — a beauty product which cleanses the skin of the face
- front crawl — a style of swimming in which the swimmer faces downwards and moves their arms alternately in strokes
- googlewhack — A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.
- hollow back — a paper tube or roll, almost flattened, having one side glued to the back of a book and the other to the inside of the spine.
- hollow-back — a paper tube or roll, almost flattened, having one side glued to the back of a book and the other to the inside of the spine.
- include war — Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers. In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file.
- lace pillow — pillow (def 3).
- lacquerware — Articles that have a decorative lacquer coating, viewed collectively.
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- law faculty — the department or division of a university concerned with teaching law
- law society — association of lawyers
- lawyer cane — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- lech walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- low-alcohol — (of beer or wine) containing only a small amount of alcohol
- low-calorie — containing relatively fewer calories than comparable foods, diets, etc
- lower class — classes lower in rank than middle class
- lower-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.
- musical saw — a handsaw played as a musical instrument with a violin bow or a hammer while the saw is bent with varying tension to change the pitch.
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- owl's claws — a perennial plant, Helenium hoopesii, native to W North America, having large yellow flowers.
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- pillow lace — bobbin lace.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- power cable — cable for conducting electric power.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- scaled-down — reduced in level of activity, extent, numbers, etc
- scape wheel — escape wheel.
- schoolwards — in the direction of school
- schwarzwald — a wooded mountain region in SW Germany. Highest peak, Feldberg, 4905 feet (1495 meters).
- scratch awl — an awllike device for scribing wood.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
- slack-jawed — having the mouth open, especially as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc.