11-letter words containing w, e, r, n
- bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
- bus network — (networking) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire or set of wires (the bus). Bus networks typically use CSMA/CD techniques to determine which node should transmit data at any given time. Some networks are implemented as a bus, e.g. Ethernet - a one-bit bus operating at 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000 megabits per second. Originally Ethernet was a physical layer bus consisting of a wire (with terminators at each end) to which each node was attached. Switched Ethernet, while no longer physically a bus still acts as one at the logical layers.
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- cactus wren — any American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of arid regions, especially C. brunneicapillus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- camerawoman — a woman who operates a film or television camera
- camerawomen — Plural form of camerawoman.
- candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
- caneworking — A glassblowing technique that uses rods of coloured glass to add intricate patterns and stripes to blown glass objects.
- cankerworms — Plural form of cankerworm.
- charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
- churchwomen — Plural form of churchwoman.
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- clergywomen — Plural form of clergywoman.
- condo owner — A condo owner is the owner of a condominium.
- coneflowers — Plural form of coneflower.
- cooperstown — a town in central New York: location of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
- copywronged — copybroke
- cordwainery — Shoemaking.
- cornflowers — Plural form of cornflower.
- counterblow — a retaliatory blow
- counterdraw — to copy (a painting, etc) by tracing it onto a transparent material, such as oiled paper
- counterflow — the flowing of two fluids in opposite directions in adjacent parts of an apparatus
- counterglow — gegenschein.
- counterview — an opposite or opposing view
- counterword — a word widely used in a sense much looser than its original meaning, such as tremendous or awful
- counterwork — work done in opposition to other work
- countrywide — Something that happens or exists countrywide happens or exists throughout the whole of a particular country.
- cow-spanker — a dairy farmer
- cowpunchers — Plural form of cowpuncher.
- craftswomen — Plural form of craftswoman.
- 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)
- cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
- crossbowmen — Plural form of crossbowman.
- crow's nest — On a ship, the crow's nest is a small platform high up on the mast, where a person can go to look in all directions.
- crow's-nest — Nautical. a platform or shelter for a lookout at or near the top of a mast.
- crowd scene — (in a film, play, or television programme) a scene in which a crowd appears
- crowdedness — The state or quality of being crowded.
- crowdfunded — Simple past tense and past participle of crowdfund.
- 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 derby — a type of porcelain manufactured at Derby from 1784–1848
- crown ether — a type of cyclic ether consisting of a ring of carbon and oxygen atoms, with two or more carbon atoms between each oxygen atom
- crown green — a type of bowling green in which the sides are lower than the middle
- 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 vetch — a trailing leguminous European plant, Coronilla varia, with clusters of white or pink flowers: cultivated in North America as a border plant
- crown wheel — the wheel next to the winding knob that has one set of teeth at right angles to the other
- crownpieces — Plural form of crownpiece.
- dawn raider — a person or company that mounts a dawn raid
- deflowering — Present participle of deflower.
- dinnerwares — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
- donkey work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.