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13-letter words containing c, e, l, w

  • nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
  • oak wax scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
  • one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
  • optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
  • ottawa euclid — Euclid
  • ratchet wheel — a wheel, with teeth on the edge, into which a pawl drops or catches, as to prevent reversal of motion or convert reciprocating motion into rotatory motion.
  • sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
  • scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
  • schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
  • screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
  • scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
  • sewing circle — a group, especially of women, meeting regularly to sew.
  • sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
  • single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
  • slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
  • social worker — sb who assists local community
  • speckled wood — a common woodland brown satyrid butterfly, Pararge aegeria, marked with pale orange or yellowish-white spots
  • spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
  • sweet calamus — a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.
  • swizzle stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
  • swizzle-stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
  • tactical wire — wire entanglements used to break up attacking enemy formations or to keep them within the field of defensive fire.
  • talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
  • tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
  • tax allowance — amount of income left untaxed
  • the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
  • the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
  • toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
  • tweet-a-holic — a person who is addicted to the Twitter website
  • twin-cylinder — (of an engine) having twin cylinders
  • wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
  • wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
  • watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
  • water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
  • water lettuce — a floating aquatic plant, Pistia stratiotes, of the arum family, having a rosette of thick, spongy leaves.
  • watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
  • wearable tech — wearable technology (def 2): items of wearable tech.
  • welcome wagon — a welcoming service that provides information about a community to new residents
  • welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
  • welfare check — a social security payment
  • well-accepted — generally approved; usually regarded as normal, right, etc.: an accepted pronunciation of a word; an accepted theory.
  • well-affected — favourably disposed (towards); steadfast or loyal
  • well-anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
  • well-balanced — rightly balanced, adjusted, or regulated: a well-balanced diet.
  • well-combined — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
  • well-composed — calm; tranquil; serene: His composed face reassured the nervous passengers.
  • well-conveyed — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
  • well-cultured — enlightened; refined.
  • well-depicted — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
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