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11-letter words containing w, o, r, c

  • cornflowers — Plural form of cornflower.
  • 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.
  • course work — Course work is work that students do during a course, rather than in exams, especially work that counts towards a student's final grade.
  • cow country — a region of cattle ranches, as rural areas of the southwestern U.S., especially Texas.
  • cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
  • cow parsnip — any tall coarse umbelliferous plant of the genus Heracleum, such as H. sphondylium of Europe and Asia, having thick stems and flattened clusters of white or purple flowers
  • cow-spanker — a dairy farmer
  • cowardliest — Superlative form of cowardly.
  • cowcatchers — Plural form of cowcatcher.
  • cowpunchers — Plural form of cowpuncher.
  • craftswoman — A craftswoman is a woman who makes things skilfully with her hands.
  • craftswomen — Plural form of craftswoman.
  • crashworthy — (of a vehicle) Capable of withstanding a crash.
  • crochetwork — needlework done by crocheting.
  • cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
  • cross swell — a movement of the sea at right angles to a major current
  • cross wires — cross hair (def 1).
  • crossbowman — (in medieval warfare) a soldier armed with a crossbow.
  • crossbowmen — Plural form of crossbowman.
  • 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-foot — a wrinkle at the outer corner of the eye
  • crow's-nest — Nautical. a platform or shelter for a lookout at or near the top of a mast.
  • crowberries — Plural form of crowberry.
  • crowd scene — (in a film, play, or television programme) a scene in which a crowd appears
  • crowded out — full to capacity; full to bursting
  • crowdedness — The state or quality of being crowded.
  • crowder pea — any variety of cowpea bearing pods with closely spaced seeds.
  • crowdfunded — Simple past tense and past participle of crowdfund.
  • crowdsource — to outsource work to an unspecified group of people, typically by making an appeal to the general public on the internet
  • 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 block — A crown block is a fixed set of sheaves (= pulleys) at the top of a derrick, over which the drilling line is run.
  • crown court — In England and Wales, a Crown Court is a court in which criminal cases are tried by a judge and jury rather than by a magistrate.
  • crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
  • crown derby — a type of porcelain manufactured at Derby from 1784–1848
  • 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 glass — an old form of window glass made by blowing a globe and spinning it until it formed a flat disc
  • crown graft — a type of graft in which the scion is inserted at the crown of the stock
  • crown green — a type of bowling green in which the sides are lower than the middle
  • crown jewel — The Crown Jewels are the crown, sceptre, and other precious objects which are used on important official occasions by the King or Queen.
  • crown point — town in NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain: site of a fort important in the French and Indian & the Revolutionary wars: pop. 2,100
  • crown roast — a roast consisting of ribs of lamb or pork arranged in a crown shape
  • crown vetch — a trailing leguminous European plant, Coronilla varia, with clusters of white or pink flowers: cultivated in North America as a border plant
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