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11-letter words containing w, e, r, o

  • cowpunchers — Plural form of cowpuncher.
  • craftswomen — Plural form of craftswoman.
  • crochetwork — needlework done by crocheting.
  • 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
  • cross wires — cross hair (def 1).
  • crossbowmen — Plural form of crossbowman.
  • crow's feet — Crow's feet are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
  • 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.
  • crowberries — Plural form of crowberry.
  • crowd scene — (in a film, play, or television programme) a scene in which a crowd appears
  • crowded out — full to capacity; full to bursting
  • crowdedness — The state or quality of being crowded.
  • crowder pea — any variety of cowpea bearing pods with closely spaced seeds.
  • crowdfunded — Simple past tense and past participle of crowdfund.
  • crowdsource — to outsource work to an unspecified group of people, typically by making an appeal to the general public on the internet
  • 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.
  • crowstepped — (of a gable) having crow steps
  • deflowering — Present participle of deflower.
  • dirty power — Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, drop-outs, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as power hits).
  • disempowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disempower.
  • disk flower — one of a number of small tubular flowers composing the disk of certain composite plants.
  • dock worker — A dock worker is a person who works in the docks, loading and unloading ships.
  • dockworkers — Plural form of dockworker.
  • donkey work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
  • donkey-work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
  • dorset down — a breed of stocky hornless sheep having a broad head, dark face, and a dense fleece: kept for lamb production
  • dower chest — a Pennsylvania Dutch hope chest bearing the initials of the owner.
  • dower house — the dwelling that is intended for or occupied by the widowed mother of the owner of an ancestral estate.
  • 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.
  • downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
  • downlighter — Downlight.
  • downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
  • downriggers — Plural form of downrigger.
  • downstrokes — Plural form of downstroke.
  • downtrodden — tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.
  • draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
  • dream world — the world of imagination or illusion rather than of objective reality.
  • drill tower — a structure, usually of concrete and steel, that resembles a building and is used by firefighters for practicing and improving firefighting techniques.
  • drudge-work — work that is menial and tedious and therefore distasteful; drudgery.
  • dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
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