11-letter words containing we
- dead weight — A dead weight is a load which is surprisingly heavy and difficult to lift.
- deflowering — Present participle of deflower.
- dirty power — Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, drop-outs, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as power hits).
- disbowelled — disembowelled
- disembowels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembowel.
- disempowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disempower.
- disk flower — one of a number of small tubular flowers composing the disk of certain composite plants.
- dobby weave — a weave with small, geometric patterns
- dower chest — a Pennsylvania Dutch hope chest bearing the initials of the owner.
- dower house — the dwelling that is intended for or occupied by the widowed mother of the owner of an ancestral estate.
- downwelling — a downward current of surface water in the ocean, usually caused by differences in the density of seawater.
- draw weight — the measured force, in foot-pounds, stored by an archery bow when fully drawn.
- drill tower — a structure, usually of concrete and steel, that resembles a building and is used by firefighters for practicing and improving firefighting techniques.
- dwell angle — Dwell angle is the amount of time, measured as degrees of rotation, that contact breakers close in a distributor.
- dyer's-weed — any of various plants yielding dyes, as the weld, Reseda luteola, the dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, or the woad, Isatis tinctoria.
- easter week — the week that begins with Easter Day and ends the following Saturday
- elderflower — The flower of the elder, used to make wines, cordials, and other drinks.
- electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
- embowelment — a disembowelment
- embowerment — the act of embowering
- empowerment — The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group.
- eveningwear — Clothes suitable for a formal occasion in the evening.
- fairweather — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska. 15,292 feet (4660 meters).
- fillet weld — a weld with a triangular cross section joining two surfaces that meet in an interior right angle.
- flower girl — a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
- flower head — an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
- flower shop — a shop where flowers and pot plants are sold
- flower show — a display or exhibition, often competitive, of flowers and plants
- flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
- followed by — You use followed by to say what comes after something else in a list or ordered set of things.
- forswearing — Present participle of forswear.
- free weight — a weight used for weightlifting, as a dumbbell, whose motion is not constrained by external apparatus.
- front vowel — a vowel sound produced with the tongue in a position near the front of the mouth, such as the 'a' in 'at' or the 'e' in bed
- frostflower — a plant, Milla biflora, of the amaryllis family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- galley-west — Informal. into a state of unconsciousness, confusion, or disarray (usually used in the phrase to knock galley-west).
- gas welding — a method of welding in which a combination of gases, usually oxyacetylene, is used to provide a hot flame
- gauze weave — leno (def 1).
- get weaving — to hurry; start to do something
- gilliflower — any of several plants of various families with clove-scented flowers, as the carnation
- gillyflower — Archaic. any of several fragrant flowers of the genus Dianthus, as the carnation or clove pink.
- glassblower — A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
- globeflower — any of several plants belonging to the genus Trollius, of the buttercup family, as T. laxus, of North America, having rounded, yellowish flowers.
- great power — a nation that has exceptional military and economic strength, and consequently plays a major, often decisive, role in international affairs.
- green power — the power of money, viewed as a social force.
- groundswell — a broad, deep swell or rolling of the sea, due to a distant storm or gale.
- hairweaving — the attachment of matching hair to a base of nylon thread interwoven with a person's own hair, as to cover a bald area or to add length: Three of the makeovers involved hairweaving.
- handweaving — the art or technique of weaving on a handloom.
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.