10-letter words containing c, w, a
- switchback — a highway, as in a mountainous area, having many hairpin curves.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- swordcraft — skill in or the art of swordplay.
- throw back — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- track down — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- twice-laid — made from strands of used rope.
- twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
- twin-track — involving two simultaneous actions or processes
- two oceans — an annual road marathon run in Cape Town, South Africa
- unchewable — not able to be chewed; tough
- unwatchful — not watchful or not alert to danger; inattentive
- 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 −.
- wacked-out — whacked-out.
- wackyparse — (Internet, slang) In Kibology, the practice of misreading text to humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.
- 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.
- wagner act — National Labor Relations Act.
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- waist pack — fanny pack.
- waistcloth — a loincloth.
- waistcoats — Plural form of waistcoat.
- walk socks — men's knee-length stockings
- wallachian — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- wallcharts — Plural form of wallchart.
- war clouds — sign of trouble ahead
- war crimes — Usually, war crimes. crimes committed against an enemy, prisoners of war, or subjects in wartime that violate international agreements or, as in the case of genocide, are offenses against humanity.
- war office — the department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence
- war record — the recorded achievements of a soldier, sailor, airman etc in a war
- warrandice — (legal) A form of warranty, in Scots law, in which a person conveying property was held liable for any outstanding claims on the property.
- wart cress — either of two prostrate annuals, Coronopus squamatus and C. didymus, having small white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- washcloths — Plural form of washcloth.
- 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.
- watcom sql — (database, product) A family of databases from Watcom International, based on scalable technology and a SQL database engine. Version 4.0 adds stored procedures and triggers. It is designed for environments ranging from large departmental networks with a diverse range of PC client systems, to peer-to-peer workgroups, to stand-alone PCs. It is available in stand-alone versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, OS/2 and MS DOS; and multi-user network server versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, NetWare NLM and MS DOS.
- 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