11-letter words containing w, a, r, b, o
- marrow bone — Marrow bones are the bones of certain animals, especially cows, that contain a lot of bone marrow. They are used in cooking and in dog food.
- marrowbones — Plural form of marrowbone.
- meadow bird — the bobolink.
- narrow boat — A narrow boat is a long, low boat used on canals.
- narrowboats — Plural form of narrowboat.
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- power brake — an automotive brake set by pressure from some power source, as a compressed-air reservoir, in proportion to a smaller amount of pressure on the brake pedal.
- power brand — a brand of product that is a household name associated with a successful company
- power cable — cable for conducting electric power.
- powerboater — a powerboat owner or operator.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- rowing boat — rowboat.
- safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
- seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
- snow banner — snow being blown off a mountaintop.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- swordbearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
- throw about — to spend (one's money) in a reckless and flaunting manner
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- trombe wall — a glass-fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for radiation into a building.
- wakeboarder — someone who rides a wakeboard
- warmblooded — Alternative spelling of warm-blooded.
- water-borne — A water-borne disease or infection is one that people can catch from infected water.
- wheelbarrow — a frame or box for conveying a load, supported at one end by a wheel or wheels, and lifted and pushed at the other by two horizontal shafts.
- whereabouts — about where? where?
- whirlabouts — Plural form of whirlabout.
- whiteboards — Plural form of whiteboard.
- wizard book — (publication) Hal Abelson, Gerald Sussman and Julie Sussman's "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" (MIT Press, 1984; ISBN 0-262-01077-1), an excellent computer science text used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the jacket. One of the bibles of the LISP/Scheme world. Also, less commonly, known as the Purple Book.
- wokka board — a piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument
- wonderbread — (pejorative, slang, ethnic slur) A white person.
- wood rabbit — a cottontail.
- woolly bear — the caterpillar of any of several moths, as a tiger moth, having a dense coat of woolly hairs.
- work basket — a basket for holding sewing equipment
- workability — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- workbaskets — Plural form of workbasket.
- worldbeater — a person or thing that surpasses all others of like kind, as in quality, ability, or endurance.
- worry beads — a string of beads manipulated to relieve worry and tension.
- worshipable — Capable of being worshiped; worthy of veneration.