10-letter words containing i, c, e, w
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.
- dutch wife — (in tropical countries) an open framework used in bed as a rest for the limbs.
- ecowarrior — Alternative spelling of eco-warrior.
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- hedgewitch — A modern witch who focuses on herbalism and shamanic experience.
- hit wicket — an instance of a batsman breaking the wicket with the bat or a part of the body while playing a stroke and so being out
- hoodiecrow — A hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
- insect wax — Chinese wax.
- lawrencium — a synthetic, radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Lr; atomic number: 103.
- lewis acid — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with a base by accepting a pair of electrons from it.
- low-income — of or relating to those with a relatively small income.
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- low-ticket — having a relatively low price: a growing market for low-ticket items.
- mankiewicz — Joseph L(eo) 1909–1993, U.S. motion-picture director, producer, and writer.
- markiewicz — Constance, Countess, original name Constance Gore-Booth. 1868–1927, Irish nationalist, married to a Polish count. She fought in the Easter Rising (1916) and was sentenced to death but reprieved. The first woman elected to the British parliament (1918), she refused to take her seat
- mickiewicz — Adam [ah-dahm] /ˈɑ dɑm/ (Show IPA), 1798–1855, Polish poet.
- microbrews — Plural form of microbrew.
- micropower — Of or pertaining to generating, storing or using extremely small amounts of power.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- mid-wicket — the fielding position on the on side, approximately midway between square leg and mid-on
- mildewcide — a chemical for destroying mildew.
- new mexico — a state in the SW United States. 121,666 sq. mi. (315,115 sq. km). Capital: Santa Fe. Abbreviation: NM (for use with zip code), N. Mex., N.M.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- pawnticket — a ticket or receipt for a pawned item
- 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.
- pin wrench — a wrench having a pin for insertion into the heads of certain bolts to drive them. Compare spanner (def 2).
- quickwater — the part of a river or other stream having a strong current.
- quincewort — Squinancywort.
- reichswehr — the 100,000-man army Germany was permitted to maintain under the Versailles Treaty after World War I: the limit was secretly exceeded.
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- schweitzer — Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
- schwitters — Kurt [koo rt] /kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1948, German artist.
- screw axis — a symmetry element of a space group such that a rotation of the lattice about the axis and a translation of the lattice some fraction of the lattice's unit distance brings the lattice back to its original position.
- 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.
- screw pine — any tropical Asian tree or shrub of the genus Pandanus, having a palmlike or branched stem, long, narrow, rigid, spirally arranged leaves and aerial roots, and bearing an edible fruit.
- screwiness — the state or quality of being screwy
- scrollwise — like a scroll, in a way similar to a scroll
- swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- tonic wine — a wine, usually fortified, generally consumed for its supposed invigorating effects
- town crier — (formerly) a person employed by a town to make public announcements or proclamations, usually by shouting in the streets.
- tweetcited — excited about the Twitter website
- twice over — two times
- twice-born — Hinduism. of or relating to members of the Indian castes of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas, who undergo a spiritual rebirth and initiation in adolescence.