11-letter words containing a, c, t, w
- tweetcation — a short break from posting on the Twitter website
- two old cat — one old cat played with two batters.
- under watch — If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
- unwatchable — detectable; apparent.
- 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.
- wage packet — regular pay from an employer
- wainscoting — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- wainscotted — Having a wainscot.
- waistcloths — Plural form of waistcloth.
- waistcoated — Wearing a waistcoat.
- 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)
- wall socket — socket (def 2b).
- 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 chain — a chain, frequently of gold or silver, attached to a pocket watch, serving as an ornament and, when passed through a buttonhole in the vest, as a guard against loss or theft of the watch.
- watch guard — a short chain, cord, or ribbon for securing a watch when worn on the person.
- watch night — the last night of the year, observed in a watch meeting.
- watch-glass — a curved glass disc that covers the dial of a watch
- watchdogged — characteristic of a watchdog
- watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
- watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.
- 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.
- watt-second — a unit of energy equal to the energy of one watt acting for one second; the equivalent of one joule.
- 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.
- welcome mat — a doormat, especially one with the word “welcome” printed on it.
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- welwitschia — A gymnospermous plant of desert regions in southwestern Africa that has a dwarf, massive trunk, two long strap-shaped leaves, and male and female flowers in the scales of scarlet cones. It is remarkable for its ability to extract moisture from fog.
- west africa — most westerly part of Africa
- west covina — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- west seneca — a city in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- west-facing — orientated towards the west
- 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.
- wet compass — a compass having a compass card floating in a liquid.