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11-letter words containing w, o, e

  • 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.
  • open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
  • openwindows — (operating system)   A graphical user interface server for Sun workstations which handles SunView, NeWS and X Window System protocols.
  • 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.
  • outweighing — Present participle of outweigh.
  • 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.
  • oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
  • 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
  • pigeon hawk — merlin.
  • pillow lace — bobbin lace.
  • pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
  • plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
  • police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
  • policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
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