11-letter words containing w, c, l
- clock tower — A clock tower is a tall, narrow building with a clock at the top.
- clock watch — a watch that strikes the hours. Compare repeater (def 3).
- clown white — white facial makeup used by performers, as clowns.
- coat flower — a plant, Petrorhagia saxifraga, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having pink or white flowers in terminal branching clusters.
- cog railway — a railway for a very steep grade with traction supplied by a central cogged rail that meshes with a cogwheel on the engine
- cold shower — shower: in cold water
- collingwood — a city in SE Australia, near Melbourne.
- color wheel — Art. one of a pair of primary or secondary colors opposed to the other member of the pair on a schematic chart or scale (color wheel) as green opposed to red, orange opposed to blue, or violet opposed to yellow. Compare analogous color. the relationship of these pairs of colors perceived as completing or enhancing each other.
- company law — the area of law that deals with business enterprises
- coneflowers — Plural form of coneflower.
- contraflows — Plural form of contraflow.
- cornflowers — Plural form of cornflower.
- cotton wool — Cotton wool is a soft mass of cotton, used especially for applying liquids or creams to your skin.
- counterblow — a retaliatory blow
- counterflow — the flowing of two fluids in opposite directions in adjacent parts of an apparatus
- counterglow — gegenschein.
- cow college — an agricultural college
- cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
- cowansville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- cowardliest — Superlative form of cowardly.
- 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.
- cross swell — a movement of the sea at right angles to a major current
- crown block — A crown block is a fixed set of sheaves (= pulleys) at the top of a derrick, over which the drilling line is run.
- crown glass — an old form of window glass made by blowing a globe and spinning it until it formed a flat disc
- crown jewel — The Crown Jewels are the crown, sceptre, and other precious objects which are used on important official occasions by the King or Queen.
- crown wheel — the wheel next to the winding knob that has one set of teeth at right angles to the other
- 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.
- deuces wild — a variety or method of playing certain poker and other games in which a deuce represents any suit or denomination that the holder chooses: We're playing five-card stud, deuces wild.
- 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
- flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
- 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.
- ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
- 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.
- kill switch — a button, switch, or other mechanism that allows a machine to be shut down immediately: Only use the kill switch in emergencies.
- 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