11-letter words containing w, o, r, c
- crown wheel — the wheel next to the winding knob that has one set of teeth at right angles to the other
- crownpieces — Plural form of crownpiece.
- crowstepped — (of a gable) having crow steps
- crushworthy — (usually, of a, person) Suitable for a crush (infatuation): attractive.
- currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- disc harrow — a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting
- discrowning — Present participle of discrown.
- dock worker — A dock worker is a person who works in the docks, loading and unloading ships.
- dockworkers — Plural form of dockworker.
- dower chest — a Pennsylvania Dutch hope chest bearing the initials of the owner.
- downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
- eco-warrior — An eco-warrior is someone who spends a lot of time working actively for environmental causes.
- ecowarriors — Plural form of ecowarrior.
- electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
- face powder — a cosmetic powder used to give a mat finish to the face.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- front crawl — a style of swimming in which the swimmer faces downwards and moves their arms alternately in strokes
- ground crew — ground personnel responsible for the maintenance and repair of aircraft.
- growth cone — a flattened area at the end of a growing axon or dendrite, having radiating filopodia and lemellopodia that function as guides for the outgrowth of embryonic nerve fibers.
- homewrecker — One who is blamed for the breakup of a marriage or family, such as an adulterous partner.
- hooded crow — a European crow, Corvus corone cornix, having a gray body and black head, wings, and tail.
- hoodie crow — a subspecies of the carrion crow, Corvus corone cornix, that has a grey body and black head, wings, and tail
- ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
- jabberwocky — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- jim crowism — Jim Crow (def 1).
- knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- low-calorie — containing relatively fewer calories than comparable foods, diets, etc
- low-country — Often, Low-Country. of or relating to the Low Countries.
- low-scoring — (of a sports match) having, getting, or ending in a low score
- lower class — classes lower in rank than middle class
- lower court — any court other than the highest court in a jurisdiction
- lower-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
- march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
- microbrewed — Produced by microbrewing.
- microbrewer — The person or company that operates a microbrewery.
- microswitch — a highly sensitive switch used in automatic-control devices.
- microwaving — Present participle of microwave.
- microwriter — a small device with six keys for creating text that can be printed or displayed on a visual display unit
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- money cowry — a tropical marine gastropod, Cypraea moneta
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.
- new country — a style of country music that emerged in the late 1980s characterized by a more contemporary sound and down-to-earth rather than sentimental lyrics
- objectworks — An object-oriented development environment developed by ParcPlace, available under Smalltalk and C++.
- office work — work normally carried out in an office, for example clerical or administrative work for an organization
- olive crown — (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory
- overcrowded — filled to excess; packed.