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11-letter words containing w, a, r

  • cowardliest — Superlative form of cowardly.
  • cowcatchers — Plural form of cowcatcher.
  • crackleware — porcelain or pottery decorated with intentional crazing in the glaze
  • craftswoman — A craftswoman is a woman who makes things skilfully with her hands.
  • craftswomen — Plural form of craftswoman.
  • crashworthy — (of a vehicle) Capable of withstanding a crash.
  • 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.
  • credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
  • crimean war — the war fought mainly in the Crimea between Russia on one side and Turkey, France, Sardinia, and Britain on the other (1853-56)
  • 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.
  • crossbowman — (in medieval warfare) a soldier armed with a crossbow.
  • crowder pea — any variety of cowpea bearing pods with closely spaced seeds.
  • crown agent — a member of a board appointed by the Minister for Overseas Development to provide financial, commercial, and professional services for a number of overseas governments and international bodies
  • crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
  • crown glass — an old form of window glass made by blowing a globe and spinning it until it formed a flat disc
  • crown graft — a type of graft in which the scion is inserted at the crown of the stock
  • crown roast — a roast consisting of ribs of lamb or pork arranged in a crown shape
  • 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
  • currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
  • 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.
  • darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
  • dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
  • dawn patrol — a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions.
  • dawn raider — a person or company that mounts a dawn raid
  • dewar flask — a type of vacuum flask, esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium, etc; Thermos
  • die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
  • digger wasp — any of numerous solitary wasps of the family Sphecidae, which excavate nests in soil, wood, etc., and provision them with prey paralyzed by stinging.
  • dinnerwares — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
  • disc harrow — a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting
  • dishwashers — Plural form of dishwasher.
  • disk harrow — a harrow having a number of sharp-edged, concave disks set at such an angle that as the harrow is drawn along the ground they turn the soil, pulverize it, and destroy weeds.
  • down-easter — a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
  • down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
  • downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
  • downgrading — Present participle of downgrade.
  • downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
  • downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
  • downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
  • draftswoman — a woman employed in making mechanical drawings.
  • draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
  • drag harrow — a type of harrow consisting of heavy beams, often with spikes inserted, used to crush clods, level soil, or prepare seedbeds
  • drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.
  • draw a line — If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them.
  • draw runner — loper.
  • draw straws — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
  • draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
  • draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
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