10-letter words containing a, c, t, w
- watch fire — a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
- watch list — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- watch stem — a winder
- watchfully — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- watchguard — a security chain or cord for a watch
- watchmaker — a person whose occupation it is to make and repair watches.
- watchnight — Alternative form of watch night.
- watchstrap — fabric strip on a wearable timepiece
- watchtower — a tower on which a sentinel keeps watch.
- watchwoman — A female watchman.
- watchwomen — Plural form of watchwoman.
- watchwords — Plural form of watchword.
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- water back — a reservoir or arrangement of tubing at the back of certain stoves or fireplaces for containing water to be heated by the fire.
- water cart — a water seller's cart
- water cure — hydropathy; hydrotherapy.
- water rice — wild rice.
- water-cool — to cool by means of water, especially by water circulating in pipes or a water jacket, as an engine or machine gun.
- water-inch — the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover the orifice.
- water-sick — (of soil) unproductive due to excessive watering or salt residues from irrigation.
- waterbucks — Plural form of waterbuck.
- watercolor — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- watercraft — skill in boating and water sports.
- watercress — a cress, Nasturtium officinale, of the mustard family, usually growing in clear, running streams and having pungent leaves.
- watercycle — any of various small watercraft that are moved by working pedals or treadles
- waterscape — a picture or view of the sea or other body of water.
- wax insect — any of several scale insects that secrete a commercially valuable waxy substance, especially a Chinese scale insect, Ericerus pe-la.
- webcasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- well acted — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- well-acted — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- west coast — the western coast of the U.S., bordering the Pacific Ocean and comprising the coastal areas of California, Oregon, and Washington.
- what price — You use what price in front of a word or expression that refers to something happening when you want to ask how likely it is to happen. You usually do this to emphasize either that it is very likely or very unlikely.
- wheat cake — a pancake made of wheat flour.
- white cake — a cake that is pale in color because its batter contains the whites of eggs but no yolks
- white coal — Informal. water, as of a stream, used for power.
- white coat — a white coat worn over everyday clothes by a doctor in a hospital or a scientist
- white crab — ghost crab.
- white race — fair-skinned people
- white-face — a Hereford.
- whitecedar — (US) alternative spelling of white cedar.
- whitecoats — Plural form of whitecoat.
- whitespace — Alternative spelling of white space.
- wild track — a soundtrack recorded other than with a synchronized picture, usually carrying sound effects, random dialogue, etc
- wildcatted — Simple past tense and past participle of wildcat.
- wildcatter — an oil prospector.
- witch ball — a decorated blown glass ball.
- witchcraft — the art or practices of a witch; sorcery; magic.
- witchgrass — Any of several grasses, of the genus Panicum, often found as a weed.
- worst case — of the worst possibility; being the worst result that could be expected under the circumstances: a worst-case scenario.