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11-letter words containing w, c, l

  • whale watch — trip to observe sea mammals
  • whalesucker — a large, blue remora, Remora australis, that attaches itself to whales and dolphins.
  • wheel brace — a tool used to loosen or tighten the nuts holding a vehicle's wheel in place
  • wheel clamp — A wheel clamp is a large metal device which is fitted to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away. The motorist has to pay to have the clamp removed.
  • wheel cover — a fancy cover for the wheels of motor vehicles: larger than a hubcap
  • wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.
  • whimsically — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
  • white cloud — a small, brightly colored freshwater fish, Tanichthys albonubes, native to China: popular in home aquariums.
  • whitechapel — a district in E London, England.
  • whole cloth — pure fabrication: fiction, invention
  • wholestitch — a type of stitch producing an effect similar to woven cloth
  • wilberforceWilliam, 1759–1833, British statesman, philanthropist, and writer.
  • wild carrot — an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota, of temperate regions, having clusters of white flowers and hooked fruits
  • wild celery — tape grass.
  • wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
  • wildcrafter — One who takes part in wildcraft.
  • willimantic — a city in NE Connecticut.
  • willowwacks — a wooded, uninhabited area.
  • winckelmann — Johann Joachim [yoh-hahn yoh-ah-khim] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm/ (Show IPA), 1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian.
  • wine cellar — a cellar for the storage of wine.
  • wine cooler — a bucket for holding ice to chill a bottle of wine.
  • wing collar — a stand-up collar having the front edges or corners folded down, worn by men for formal or evening dress.
  • witch alder — a shrub, Fothergilla gardenii, of the witch hazel family, native to the southeastern U.S., having spikes of white flowers that bloom before the leaves appear.
  • witch hazel — a shrub, Hamamelis virginiana, of eastern North America, having toothed, egg-shaped leaves and small, yellow flowers. Compare witch hazel family.
  • within call — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
  • wolf packs' — a group of submarines operating together in hunting down and attacking enemy convoys.
  • wool cheque — the annual return for a sheep farmer
  • workaholics — Plural form of workaholic.
  • world court — an international tribunal established under the Covenant of the League of Nations and replaced in 1945 by the International Court of Justice.
  • world music — (sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, indigenous forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop.
  • world-class — ranking among the world's best; outstanding: a world-class orchestra.
  • worse luck! — unhappily; unfortunately
  • wrenchingly — In a wrenching manner; with a sudden jerk or emotional shock.
  • yellow cake — a processed oxide of uranium, U 3 O 8 , extracted and concentrated from uranium ore: used as the raw material for commercial nuclear materials, especially fuel elements in nuclear reactors.
  • yellow card — Soccer. a yellow card shown by the referee to a player being cautioned for a violation.
  • yellow jack — Informal. quarantine flag.
  • yellow race — the Mongoloid group of mankind
  • yellow-card — Soccer. a yellow card shown by the referee to a player being cautioned for a violation.
  • yellowcress — Rorippa palustris, a flowering plant in the mustard family.
  • yellowfinch — any of several tropical American finches of the genus Sicalis, most of which are bright yellow in color.
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