10-letter words containing c, e, l, w
- downscaled — Simple past tense and past participle of downscale.
- duckwalked — Simple past tense and past participle of duckwalk.
- face towel — a small towel for the face.
- jack towel — a long towel with the ends sewed together, for hanging on a roller.
- jewel case — a small box or chest, often lined in a soft fabric and fitted with compartments, designed to hold jewelry.
- law centre — an office, usually staffed by professional volunteers, at which free legal advice and information are provided to the general public
- law french — Anglo-French as used in legal proceedings and lawbooks in England from the Norman Conquest to the 17th century, some terms of which are still in use.
- lawrencium — a synthetic, radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Lr; atomic number: 103.
- lead screw — (on a lathe) a rotating horizontal screw for moving the tool carriage along the work at a constant rate.
- letchworth — a town in SE England, in N Hertfordshire: the first garden city in Great Britain (founded in 1903). Pop: 32 932 (2001)
- lewis acid — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with a base by accepting a pair of electrons from it.
- low comedy — comedy that depends on physical action, broadly humorous or farcical situations, and often bawdy or vulgar jokes.
- low-income — of or relating to those with a relatively small income.
- low-necked — (of a dress or other garment) cut low so as to leave the neck and shoulders exposed; décolleté.
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- low-ticket — having a relatively low price: a growing market for low-ticket items.
- lower back — lumbar region
- lower case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lower deck — the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
- lower-case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
- lug wrench — a wrench for loosening or tightening lug nuts.
- mildewcide — a chemical for destroying mildew.
- new candle — candela
- new castle — a city in W Pennsylvania.
- new-collar — pertaining to or designating middle-class wage earners holding jobs in a service industry.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- peach-blow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- racewalker — a person who participates in racewalking
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scapewheel — escape wheel.
- screw nail — drive screw.
- screw pile — a pile that is used for the foundations of bridges, lighthouses, etc., and has a screwlike lower end for drilling through and taking firm hold in compacted material.
- screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- scrollwise — like a scroll, in a way similar to a scroll
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- space walk — When an astronaut goes on a space walk, he or she leaves the spacecraft and works outside it while floating in space.
- swarm cell — the amebalike germinated spore cell of myxomycetes.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- town clerk — a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
- twice-laid — made from strands of used rope.
- twice-told — having been told before; related two times.
- unchewable — not able to be chewed; tough
- unwelcomed — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- w particle — either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W + , W −.
- wage claim — the wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives
- wage scale — a schedule of wages paid workers performing related tasks in an industry or shop.