11-letter words containing w, l, e
- blow-molded — (of plastic hollowware) made by blowing and shaping in a mold; mold-blown.
- boll weevil — a greyish weevil, Anthonomus grandis, of the southern US and Mexico, whose larvae live in and destroy cotton bolls
- bow trolley — See under trolley (def 4).
- boyle's law — the principle that the pressure of a gas varies inversely with its volume at constant temperature
- brake wheel — (in a windmill) a bevel gearwheel rotating with the wind shaft.
- breast wall — a retaining wall built to hold back a bank of earth
- bridal wear — clothes specially designed for brides
- bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
- bridle-wise — trained to obey the pressure of the reins on the neck instead of the pull on the bit
- brow antler — the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.
- brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
- brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
- bubble bowl — a spherical, usually clear glass vessel with a wide circular top opening, used as a vase, especially for displaying a single floating blossom.
- bubble wrap — a type of polythene wrapping containing many small air pockets, used as a protective covering when transporting breakable goods
- buckle down — If you buckle down to something, you start working seriously at it.
- bullet wood — the wood of a bully tree.
- bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
- 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
- bush lawyer — any of several prickly trailing plants of the genus Rubus
- bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
- cadwallader — a male given name.
- cakewalking — Present participle of cakewalk.
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- 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
- cartwheeled — Simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel.
- cartwheeler — a person who performs cartwheels
- castle walk — a ballroom dance of the pre–World War I era, consisting of a sedate step to each beat.
- casual wear — informal articles of clothing or footwear
- casual-wear — clothing designed for wear on informal occasions.
- caterwauled — Simple past tense and past participle of caterwaul.
- caterwauler — to utter long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time.
- cattle show — a competitive event at which farmers show their best cattle
- cattlewoman — A woman who raises or tends cattle.
- cattlewomen — Plural form of cattlewoman.
- cauliflower — Cauliflower is a large round vegetable that has a hard white centre surrounded by green leaves.
- chain wheel — sprocket (def 1).
- charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
- chisel plow — a soil tillage device pulled by a tractor or animal, used to break up and stir soil a foot or more beneath the surface without turning it.
- clapperclaw — to claw or scratch with the hands and nails
- claw hammer — a hammer with a cleft at one end of the head for extracting nails
- clean sweep — an overwhelming victory
- clear water — a city in W Florida.
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- clergywomen — Plural form of clergywoman.
- clipper bow — a bow having a concave stem and a hollow entrance.
- clock tower — A clock tower is a tall, narrow building with a clock at the top.
- clown white — white facial makeup used by performers, as clowns.
- coat flower — a plant, Petrorhagia saxifraga, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having pink or white flowers in terminal branching clusters.
- cold shower — shower: in cold water
- color wheel — Art. one of a pair of primary or secondary colors opposed to the other member of the pair on a schematic chart or scale (color wheel) as green opposed to red, orange opposed to blue, or violet opposed to yellow. Compare analogous color. the relationship of these pairs of colors perceived as completing or enhancing each other.