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9-letter words containing w, c, l

  • leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
  • lock away — put in prison
  • lock down — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • lockdowns — Plural form of lockdown.
  • locoweeds — Plural form of locoweed.
  • low-class — vulgar, coarse, or undignified
  • low-count — (of a woven fabric) having a relatively low number of warp and filling threads per square inch.
  • lowercase — (of an alphabetical letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper name, of the first word in a sentence, etc. Examples: a, b, q, r.
  • lug screw — a small screw without a head
  • lynch law — the administration of summary punishment, especially death, upon a suspected, accused, or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority.
  • macdowell — Edward Alexander, 1861–1908, U.S. composer and pianist.
  • matholwch — a legendary king of Ireland and the husband of Branwen.
  • milch cow — milk cow.
  • moscow ml — A light-weight implementation of Standard ML written by Sergei Romanenko <[email protected]> of the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics with assistance from Peter Sestoft <[email protected]>, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University. Moscow ML is based on CAML Light. Version: 1.20 implements the Standard ML Core language. The sublanguage of Modules implemented by Moscow ML contains signatures and non-nested structures, and identifies structures with source files. It is certainly less expressive than the full Standard ML Modules language, but the type-safe separate compilation facility is simple, useful, and easy to use. It is the intention to implement the full Standard ML Modules language (including functors) in due course. Compilation of a signature produces a compiled interface file, which is used when compiling other signatures and structures. Compilation of a structure produces a bytecode file. Bytecode files are compact and load fast. For instance, a 3250-line program consisting of 24 structures and 17 signatures compiles to 221 KB of bytecode and 241 KB of compiled signatures. Starting the ML system and loading the 24 bytecode files takes 1-2 cpu seconds plus network delays, less that 5 seconds real time in all. Release 1.20 permits loading of precompiled bytecode files into the top-level interactive session. The next release will be able to create stand-alone executables by linking bytecode files. There is a mechanism for adding basis libraries, as in Caml Light. Release 1.20 includes the basis libraries Array, List, and Vector and the MS-DOS version includes the Graphics library from Caml Light. In principle, Moscow ML can be compiled on any platform supported by Caml Light. So far we have tried Intel 80386-based IBM PCs running MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2 or Linux, DEC MIPS running Ultrix, DEC Alpha running OSF/1, Sun-4 running SunOS, HP9000 running HP/UX, SGI MIPS running IRIX 5. Moscow ML is particularly useful when fast compilation and modest storage consumption are more important than fast program execution. Thanks to the efficient Caml Light run-time system used in Moscow ML, it compiles fast and uses little memory, typically 5-10 times less memory than SML/NJ 0.93 and 2-3 times less than Edinburgh ML. Yet the bytecode is only 3 to 10 times slower than SML/NJ 0.93 compiled native code (fast on IBM PCs, slower on RISCs).
  • newcastle — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
  • pack wall — pack1 (def 12a).
  • peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
  • plow back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
  • prowl car — squad car.
  • pub crawl — visit to a series of bars
  • pub-crawl — to have drinks at one bar after another.
  • punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
  • race-walk — to participate in race walking.
  • rice bowl — deep dish for rice
  • rock wall — rock fence.
  • rock wool — mineral wool.
  • salic law — a code of laws of the Salian Franks and other Germanic tribes, especially a provision in this code excluding females from the inheritance of land.
  • scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
  • scalework — an ornamentation technique used to depict scales on fish or other creatures
  • scallawag — scalawag.
  • scallywag — scalawag.
  • schleswig — a seaport in N Germany, on the Baltic.
  • scops owl — any of a group of small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call, especially Otus scops (Old World scops owl) and O. sunia (Oriental scops owl)
  • scots law — the body of law in force in Scotland
  • scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
  • screw fly — screwworm fly.
  • screwable — able to be screwed
  • screwball — Slang. an eccentric or whimsically eccentric person; a nut.
  • showplace — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
  • slowcoach — a slowpoke.
  • sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
  • snow-clad — covered with snow.
  • snowclone — a verbal formula that is adapted for reuse by changing only a few words so that the allusion to the original phrase remains clear
  • space law — the projected law that would govern the use of outer space by various nations based on certain treaties.
  • spacewalk — a task or mission performed by an astronaut outside a spacecraft in space.
  • sweelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.
  • tack claw — a small hand tool having a handle with a claw at one end for removing tacks.
  • tack-weld — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
  • twitchily — in a twitchy manner; nervously
  • two-color — having or using two colors.
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