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11-letter words containing w, a, r, t, l

  • 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.
  • light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
  • limited war — a war conducted with less than a nation's total resources and restricted in aim to less than total defeat of the enemy.
  • lolly water — any of various coloured soft drinks
  • martial law — the law temporarily imposed upon an area by state or national military forces when civil authority has broken down or during wartime military operations.
  • metalworker — A person who shapes metal.
  • natural law — a principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature, right reason, or religion and as ethically binding in human society.
  • nature walk — a walk on a nature trail, especially with an experienced guide.
  • nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
  • northwardly — Northwards, towards the north.
  • otter trawl — a trawl net equipped with otter boards.
  • paper towel — absorbent kitchen tissue
  • patrolwoman — a policewoman who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
  • plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
  • plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
  • playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
  • potwalloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
  • power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
  • private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
  • right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
  • rotary plow — a tined auger mounted on a horizontal power-driven shaft, for pulverizing unplowed soil preparatory to planting.
  • saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • scratch awl — an awllike device for scribing wood.
  • screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
  • silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
  • slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
  • southwardly — toward the south
  • still water — a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.
  • stonewaller — to engage in stonewalling.
  • strand wolf — brown hyena.
  • straw color — a pale yellow similar to the color of straw.
  • strawflower — any of several everlasting flowers, especially an Australian composite plant, Helichrysum bracteatum, having heads of chaffy yellow, orange, red, or white flowers.
  • swallowwort — celandine (def 1).
  • switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
  • tallow tree — a small tree, Sapium sebiferum, of the spurge family, cultivated in China and the tropics, having popcorn-shaped seeds with a waxy coating that is used for soap, candles, and oil.
  • the welfare — the public agencies involved with giving such assistance
  • therewithal — together with that; in addition to that.
  • thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
  • tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
  • torrens law — any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said land
  • trackwalker — a person employed to walk over and inspect a certain section of railroad track at intervals.
  • tragic flaw — the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
  • travel well — If goods such as food products travel well, they can be transported a long way without being damaged or their quality being spoiled.
  • tree mallow — a malvaceous treelike plant, Lavatera arborea, of rocky coastal areas of Europe and N Africa, having a woody stem, rounded leaves, and red-purple flowers
  • trombe wall — a glass-fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for radiation into a building.
  • unterwalden — a canton in central Switzerland: divided into demicantons.
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