11-letter words containing c, s, w
- wall socket — socket (def 2b).
- 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-glass — a curved glass disc that covers the dial of a watch
- watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- watchstraps — Plural form of watchstrap.
- watchtowers — Plural form of watchtower.
- watercolors — Plural form of watercolor.
- watercourse — a stream of water, as a river or brook.
- 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.
- welcomeness — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- well-chosen — chosen with care, as for suitability or preciseness: He entered at a well-chosen moment.
- welsh black — a breed of black cattle originally from N Wales that are bred for both meat and milk
- welsh corgi — one of either of two Welsh breeds of dogs having short legs, erect ears, and a foxlike head. Compare Cardigan (def 2), Pembroke (def 3).
- weltschmerz — sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
- 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
- westchester — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- 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.
- whalesucker — a large, blue remora, Remora australis, that attaches itself to whales and dolphins.
- wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.
- whichsoever — Whichever.
- whimsically — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
- whiskeyjack — (US) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- white sauce — a sauce made of butter, flour, seasonings, and milk or sometimes chicken or veal stock; béchamel.
- white space — the unprinted area of a piece of printing, as of a poster or newspaper page, or of a portion of a piece of printing, as of an advertisement; blank space: White space is as effective in a layout as type.
- white stick — a walking stick used by a blind person for feeling the way: painted white as a sign to others that the person is blind
- white stock — a stock of veal bones, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings: used as the basis for sauces and soups.
- wholestitch — a type of stitch producing an effect similar to woven cloth
- wide-screen — of, noting, or pertaining to motion pictures projected on a screen having greater width than height, usually in a ratio of 1 to 2.5.
- wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
- willowwacks — a wooded, uninhabited area.
- wind chimes — mobile that makes a tinkling sound
- wind-screen — windshield.
- windscreens — Plural form of windscreen.
- wintercress — any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers.
- wire-stitch — to stitch (the backs of gathered sections) by means of a machine that automatically forms staples from a continuous reel of wire.
- wisecracked — Simple past tense and past participle of wisecrack.
- wisecracker — a smart or facetious remark.
- witch grass — a panic grass, Panicum capillare, having a bushlike compound panicle, common as a weed in North America.
- witchcrafts — Plural form of witchcraft.