11-letter words containing a, c, t, w, r
- stage screw — a large, tapered screw fitted with a handle, used to secure braces for scenery to the floor of a stage.
- storm watch — watch (def 20).
- straw color — a pale yellow similar to the color of straw.
- sweatercoat — a coat knitted like a bulky sweater.
- switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
- to eat crow — If someone eats crow, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize, especially in situations where this is humiliating or embarrassing for them.
- tonic water — drink: carbonated water
- tower crane — a rotatable cantilever jib on top of a steelwork tower used on building sites where the operator needs to command a good view of the site
- trackwalker — a person employed to walk over and inspect a certain section of railroad track at intervals.
- tragic flaw — the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- under watch — If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- view factor — The view factor is the degree to which heat carried by radiation can be passed between two surfaces.
- wall rocket — any of several yellow-flowered European plants of the genus Diplotaxis, such as D. muralis, that grow on old walls and in waste places: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- war cabinet — government wartime committee
- warm sector — the region of warmest air bounded by the cold and warm fronts of a cyclone.
- warsaw pact — an organization formed in Warsaw, Poland (1955), comprising Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the U.S.S.R., for collective defense under a joint military command.
- watch guard — a short chain, cord, or ribbon for securing a watch when worn on the person.
- watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- watchstraps — Plural form of watchstrap.
- watchtowers — Plural form of watchtower.
- water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
- water cycle — the natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor, precipitates to earth in liquid or solid form, and ultimately returns to the atmosphere through evaporation.
- water witch — a person who claims the ability to detect water underground by means of a divining rod
- water-witch — to practice water witching; work as a water witch.
- watercolors — Plural form of watercolor.
- watercolour — A water-soluble pigment.
- watercooler — Alternative spelling of water cooler.
- watercourse — a stream of water, as a river or brook.
- waterlocked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- waterlocust — a thorny honeylocust (Gleditsia aquatica), native to the SE U.S., with a dark, heavy wood that takes a high polish
- waterscapes — Plural form of waterscape.
- weathercast — a forecast of weather conditions, especially on radio or television.
- weathercoat — Also, weathercoating. a weatherproof coating, applied especially to the exterior of a building.
- weathercock — a weather vane with the figure of a rooster on it.
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- west africa — most westerly part of Africa
- westermarck — Edward Alexander [ed-werd al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Finnish ed-vahrd ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈɛd wərd ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Finnish ˈɛd vɑrd ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, Finnish sociologist.
- white cedar — any of several chiefly coniferous trees valued for their wood, especially Chamaecyparis thyoides, of the eastern U.S., or Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar) of northeastern North America.
- wild carrot — an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota, of temperate regions, having clusters of white flowers and hooked fruits
- wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
- wildcrafter — One who takes part in wildcraft.
- windcheater — a lightweight jacket for sports or other outdoor wear.
- witch alder — a shrub, Fothergilla gardenii, of the witch hazel family, native to the southeastern U.S., having spikes of white flowers that bloom before the leaves appear.
- witch grass — a panic grass, Panicum capillare, having a bushlike compound panicle, common as a weed in North America.
- witchcrafts — Plural form of witchcraft.