10-letter words containing t, w, e, c
- law centre — an office, usually staffed by professional volunteers, at which free legal advice and information are provided to the general public
- letchworth — a town in SE England, in N Hertfordshire: the first garden city in Great Britain (founded in 1903). Pop: 32 932 (2001)
- low-ticket — having a relatively low price: a growing market for low-ticket items.
- mid-wicket — the fielding position on the on side, approximately midway between square leg and mid-on
- new castle — a city in W Pennsylvania.
- newscaster — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- pawnticket — a ticket or receipt for a pawned item
- quickwater — the part of a river or other stream having a strong current.
- quincewort — Squinancywort.
- row vector — a collection of numbers, as the components of a vector, written horizontally.
- 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.
- screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- stockowner — stockholder (def 1).
- sweat sock — one of a pair of socks made of thick, absorbent cotton, wool, or other material and worn during exercise, sports, leisure activity, etc.
- sweet corn — any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating.
- 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.
- thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
- tonic wine — a wine, usually fortified, generally consumed for its supposed invigorating effects
- 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.
- 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.
- twice-laid — made from strands of used rope.
- twice-told — having been told before; related two times.
- twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
- twin-screw — (of a vessel) having two screw propellers, which usually revolve in opposite directions.
- two oceans — an annual road marathon run in Cape Town, South Africa
- unswitched — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- 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.
- wagner act — National Labor Relations Act.
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- wart cress — either of two prostrate annuals, Coronopus squamatus and C. didymus, having small white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- watch fire — a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
- 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
- watchmaker — a person whose occupation it is to make and repair watches.
- watchtower — a tower on which a sentinel keeps watch.
- watchwomen — Plural form of watchwoman.
- 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
- water cure — hydropathy; hydrotherapy.
- water rice — wild rice.
- water-cool — to cool by means of water, especially by water circulating in pipes or a water jacket, as an engine or machine gun.