11-letter words containing w, i, r, e, l
- interflowed — Simple past tense and past participle of interflow.
- jewelleries — articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment.
- killer blow — something that puts a stop to something or defeats something
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- lawyer vine — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- left-winger — A left-winger is a person whose political beliefs are close to socialism, or closer to them than most of the other people in the same group or party.
- leisurewear — casual clothes that are designed for wear during leisure time.
- lewis range — a mountain range in NW Montana, a front range of the N Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Cleveland, 10,466 feet (3192 meters).
- life's work — Someone's life's work or life work is the main activity that they have been involved in during their life, or their most important achievement.
- light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
- limited war — a war conducted with less than a nation's total resources and restricted in aim to less than total defeat of the enemy.
- lister-plow — Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- littleworth — worthless; of little value
- low profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- low-calorie — containing relatively fewer calories than comparable foods, diets, etc
- low-profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- low-protein — Low-protein substances contain very little protein.
- lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
- lower rhine — a section of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany and the North Sea.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
- middlebrows — Plural form of middlebrow.
- mildewproof — able to withstand or repel the effect of mildew.
- milk powder — dry milk.
- mill worker — a person who works in a mill, esp a cotton mill
- mind-blower — a hallucinogenic drug.
- mineral wax — ozocerite.
- new ireland — an island in the Bismarck Archipelago, in the W central Pacific Ocean NE of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. About 3800 sq. mi. (9800 sq. km).
- new milford — a town in W Connecticut.
- new realism — neorealism.
- new wrinkle — innovation
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- olive brown — a dull yellowish-brown to yellowish-green colour
- olive crown — (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- overblowing — A technique for playing a wind instrument so as to produce overtones.
- overflowing — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
- policyowner — policyholder.
- powder mill — a mill in which gunpowder is made.
- power drill — a drill operated by a motor.
- power elite — a closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.
- prairie owl — burrowing owl.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- pupil power — the influence of or the increased status of the beliefs or actions of pupils