11-letter words containing t, w, e, c
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- 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.
- wet contact — a contact through which direct current flows.
- wet machine — a machine for dewatering pulp.
- whacked out — tired; exhausted; worn-out.
- whacked-out — tired; exhausted; worn-out.
- whale watch — trip to observe sea mammals
- whenceforth — from which time or place forward
- white bacon — bacon (def 2).
- white birch — the European birch, Betula pendula, yielding a hard wood.
- white cedar — any of several chiefly coniferous trees valued for their wood, especially Chamaecyparis thyoides, of the eastern U.S., or Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar) of northeastern North America.
- white cloud — a small, brightly colored freshwater fish, Tanichthys albonubes, native to China: popular in home aquariums.
- white magic — magic used for good purposes, especially to counteract evil (contrasted with black magic).
- white perch — a small game fish, Morone americana, greenish-gray above and silvery below, inhabiting streams along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- 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.
- white witch — a witch who uses magic for benevolent purposes or without malicious intent
- white-faced — having a white or pale face.
- whitechapel — a district in E London, England.
- whole cloth — pure fabrication: fiction, invention
- wholestitch — a type of stitch producing an effect similar to woven cloth
- wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
- wildcrafter — One who takes part in wildcraft.
- windcheater — a lightweight jacket for sports or other outdoor wear.
- wine bucket — A wine bucket is a container that holds ice cubes or cold water and ice. You can use it to put bottles of wine in and keep the wine cool.
- wing covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's wing feathers.
- wintercress — any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers.
- wire cutter — any of various devices designed to cut wire.
- wire-stitch — to stitch (the backs of gathered sections) by means of a machine that automatically forms staples from a continuous reel of wire.
- witch alder — a shrub, Fothergilla gardenii, of the witch hazel family, native to the southeastern U.S., having spikes of white flowers that bloom before the leaves appear.
- witch hazel — a shrub, Hamamelis virginiana, of eastern North America, having toothed, egg-shaped leaves and small, yellow flowers. Compare witch hazel family.
- woodcrafter — a person who makes or carves wooden objects.
- woodcutters — Plural form of woodcutter.
- word accent — word stress.
- wordperfect — 1. (text, tool, product) A word processor for a wide range of computers. The first version was sold in 1980 for Data General machines, and by the end of 1993 versions were on sale for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh computers. WordPerfect 6.0 for Unix was scheduled for introduction in May 1994. Versions: WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows, WordPerfect 3.1 for Macintosh/Power Macintosh, WordPerfect 6.0 for UNIX, WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS, WordPerfect 7.0 for Windows 95. 2. WordPerfect Corporation.
- workwatcher — a person who observes racehorses in training
- wreckmaster — an official who takes charge of cargo that has been thrown ashore after a shipwreck
- wretchedest — Superlative form of wretched.
- write cover — If an insurance company writes cover, it underwrites a risk or insures someone.
- yachtswomen — Irregular plural form of yachtswoman.