11-letter words containing w, o, l
- jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
- kewpie doll — a doll having rosy cheeks and a curl of hair on its head
- keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
- killer blow — something that puts a stop to something or defeats something
- know it all — a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
- know-it-all — a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
- knowability — capable of being known.
- knowledging — Present participle of knowledge.
- labour ward — a ward or department of a hospital for the care and admission of women in the process of childbirth
- lace pillow — pillow (def 3).
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- lamb's wool — a soft, virgin wool possessing superior spinning qualities, shorn from a seven-month-old lamb.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- laughworthy — worthy of being laughed at
- law society — association of lawyers
- least-worst — bad but better than any available alternative
- leatherwood — an American shrub, Dirca palustris, having a tough bark.
- leatherwork — work or decoration done in leather.
- leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
- leeuwenhoek — Anton van [ahn-tawn vahn] /ˈɑn tɔn vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1632–1723, Dutch naturalist and microscopist.
- lewy bodies — abnormal proteins that occur in the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia, causing Parkinson's disease and dementia
- 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.
- lincolnwood — a city in NE Illinois.
- 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
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- log of wood — log1 (def 10).
- lolly water — any of various coloured soft drinks
- long barrow — a funerary barrow having an elongate shape, sometimes constructed over a megalithic chamber tomb and usually containing one or more inhumed corpses along with artifacts: primarily Neolithic but extending into the Bronze Age.
- long-winded — talking or writing at tedious length: long-winded after-dinner speakers.
- loop window — a tall, narrow window.
- loose-weave — loosely woven
- low hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 2 feet 6 inches (76 cm) high.
- low milling — a process for making flour in which the grain is ground once and then bolted.
- low profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- low-alcohol — (of beer or wine) containing only a small amount of alcohol
- low-calorie — containing relatively fewer calories than comparable foods, diets, etc
- low-context — tending to communicate by electronic methods such as e-mail, rather than in person
- low-country — Often, Low-Country. of or relating to the Low Countries.
- low-density — having a low concentration.
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- low-powered — having little power or capacity
- low-profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- low-protein — Low-protein substances contain very little protein.
- low-quality — substandard; of inferior quality: It’s hard to make a delicious dish when you start with low-quality ingredients. Repairs made with low-quality parts are cheaper, but they won’t last long.
- low-scoring — (of a sports match) having, getting, or ending in a low score
- low-sulphur — (esp of fuel) containing or made from sources containing relatively little sulphur
- low-tension — subjected to, or capable of operating under, relatively low voltage: low-tension wire. Abbreviation: lt, L.T.