11-letter words containing w, e, t, r
- charge with — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- charityware — careware
- charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
- checkwriter — a machine for printing amounts on checks, as by perforations, so as to prevent alterations.
- clear water — a city in W Florida.
- clock tower — A clock tower is a tall, narrow building with a clock at the top.
- coat flower — a plant, Petrorhagia saxifraga, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having pink or white flowers in terminal branching clusters.
- cooperstown — a town in central New York: location of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
- copywriters — Plural form of copywriter.
- 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.
- cowardliest — Superlative form of cowardly.
- cowcatchers — Plural form of cowcatcher.
- craftswomen — Plural form of craftswoman.
- credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
- crochetwork — needlework done by crocheting.
- 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.
- crowded out — full to capacity; full to bursting
- 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 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 vetch — a trailing leguminous European plant, Coronilla varia, with clusters of white or pink flowers: cultivated in North America as a border plant
- crowstepped — (of a gable) having crow steps
- culture war — conflict of values
- curb weight — the weight of an automotive vehicle including fuel, coolant, and lubricants but excluding occupants and cargo.
- dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- downstrokes — Plural form of downstroke.
- downtrodden — tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- draw weight — the measured force, in foot-pounds, stored by an archery bow when fully drawn.
- drill tower — a structure, usually of concrete and steel, that resembles a building and is used by firefighters for practicing and improving firefighting techniques.
- dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- durum wheat — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.
- dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
- earthenware — pottery of baked or hardened clay, especially any of the coarse, opaque varieties.