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11-letter words containing w, r, s

  • handbarrows — Plural form of handbarrow.
  • hash browns — fried potato cake
  • hawes water — a lake in NW England, in the Lake District: provides part of Manchester's water supply; extended by damming from 4 km (2.5 miles) to 6 km (4 miles)
  • hawser bend — a knot uniting the ends of two lines.
  • hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
  • headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
  • heavenwards — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
  • henry's law — the principle that at a constant temperature the concentration of a gas dissolved in a fluid with which it does not combine chemically is almost directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas at the surface of the fluid.
  • here's how! — (as a toast) good health!
  • highbrowism — Highbrow attitudes and policies generally.
  • hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
  • home waters — territorial waters
  • homeworkers — Plural form of homeworker.
  • hornswoggle — to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
  • horror show — a situation filled with or causing horror.
  • horse-drawn — A horse-drawn carriage, cart, or other vehicle is one that is pulled by one or more horses.
  • house owner — A house owner is a person who owns a house.
  • housewifery — the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.
  • houseworker — a paid employee in a home, as a maid or cook.
  • howard moss — Howard, 1922–1987, U.S. poet, editor, and playwright.
  • ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
  • id software — (games)   Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
  • in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
  • ingrownness — the quality of having ingrown
  • intertwines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intertwine.
  • interweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interweave.
  • irish tweed — a sturdy woolen fabric of light warp and dark filling, made in Ireland and used in suits and coats.
  • ironworkers — Plural form of ironworker.
  • jawbreakers — Plural form of jawbreaker.
  • jesuit ware — Chinese porcelain of the early 18th century, decorated with Christian motifs, usually in black and gold on a white background.
  • jew-s--harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
  • jewelleries — articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment.
  • jim crowism — Jim Crow (def 1).
  • kew gardens — the Royal Botanic Gardens in the Greater London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, on the River Thames; established in 1759 and given to the nation in 1841
  • knackwursts — Plural form of knackwurst.
  • knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
  • kwashiorkor — a malnutrition disease, chiefly of children, caused by severe protein and vitamin deficiency and characterized by retarded growth, changes in pigmentation, potbelly, and anemia.
  • lawbreakers — Plural form of lawbreaker.
  • least shrew — a small, brownish shrew, Cryptotis parva, of grassy regions of the eastern U.S.
  • least-worst — bad but better than any available alternative
  • leg warmers — a set of coverings for the legs, worn for warmth or, as by dancers rehearsing, to prevent leg cramps
  • leisurewear — casual clothes that are designed for wear during leisure time.
  • lewis range — a mountain range in NW Montana, a front range of the N Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Cleveland, 10,466 feet (3192 meters).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
  • low hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 2 feet 6 inches (76 cm) high.
  • 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
  • lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
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