11-letter words containing w, e, r, o
- olive crown — (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory
- on a downer — If you are on a downer, you are feeling depressed and without hope.
- one-worlder — a person who supports or believes in any of various movements to establish a world government or a federation of nations stronger than any individual nation, for the purpose of promoting the common good.
- or whatever — You say or whatever to refer generally to something else of the same kind as the thing or things that you have just mentioned.
- or wherever — You use or wherever to say that something might happen in a place other than the place you have mentioned, but that you are not able to say exactly where.
- orangewoman — a female member of the Orangemen
- other woman — a woman who is romantically or sexually involved with another woman's husband or lover, especially a woman who is having an affair with a married man.
- other world — the world after death; the future world.
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- otherworlds — Plural form of otherworld.
- otherworldy — With a quality unlike those normal to everyday life, or outside typical human experience.
- otter shrew — a chiefly aquatic insectivore, Potamogale velox, of western Africa, that resembles an otter, having sleek, brown fur and a flattened tail.
- otter trawl — a trawl net equipped with otter boards.
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- outswingers — Plural form of outswinger.
- outwardness — (uncountable) The quality of being outward.
- over-sewing — to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially closely, so as to cover the edge or make a firm seam.
- overblowing — A technique for playing a wind instrument so as to produce overtones.
- overcrowded — filled to excess; packed.
- overdrawing — Present participle of overdraw.
- overflowing — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
- overforward — too familiar
- oversweeten — to sweeten too much
- overswollen — too swollen
- overthrower — someone or somethng that overthrows another
- overweather — to expose too long to harsh weather
- overweening — presumptuously conceited, overconfident, or proud: a brash, insolent, overweening fellow.
- overwhelmed — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
- overwrestle — to overpower by wrestling
- overwritten — to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style: He overwrites his essays to the point of absurdity.
- overwrought — extremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality.
- oyster stew — a stew containing oysters
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- paddle worm — any of a family of green-blue faintly iridescent active marine polychaete worms of the genus Phyllodoce, having paddle-shaped swimming lobes, found under stones on the shore
- palmer worm — the hairy black and white caterpillar of the goldtail moth
- paper towel — absorbent kitchen tissue
- passagework — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- peanut worm — any small, unsegmented, marine worm of the phylum Sipuncula, that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body, giving the appearance of a peanut seed.
- pedal power — use of a cycle
- personpower — the power or influence of a person
- pieceworker — someone who does work paid for according to the quantity produced
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
- policyowner — policyholder.
- potter wasp — any of several mason wasps, especially of the genus Eumenes, that construct a juglike nest of mud.
- potwalloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
- powder blue — a pale blue diluted with gray.
- powder burn — a skin burn caused by exploding gunpowder.
- powder down — modified down feathers that continually crumble at the tips, producing a fine powder that forms a bloom on the plumage of certain birds, as pigeons and herons.