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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.
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