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12-letter words containing t, w, e, c

  • snow scooter — a small open powered vehicle mounted on skis for travelling on snow
  • snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
  • space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
  • speechwriter — a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.
  • st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • static water — water collected and stored in reservoirs, tanks, etc., as for urban use.
  • stitch wheel — a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching
  • stone curlew — thick-knee.
  • swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
  • sweet cherry — a cherry tree, Prunus avium, characterized by reddish-brown bark and a pyramidal manner of growth.
  • sweet cicely — any of several plants, as a European plant, Myrrhis odorata, of the parsley family, used as a potherb, or certain related North American plants of the genus Osmorhiza.
  • sweet clover — melilot.
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • thick-witted — lacking intelligence; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
  • tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
  • two sicilies — Two Sicilies.
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • waffle cloth — honeycomb (def 5a).
  • waistcoateer — a prostitute
  • walnut creek — a town in W California.
  • watch pocket — a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob1 (def 1).
  • watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
  • watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
  • water cannon — a truck-mounted hose or pipe that shoots a jet of water through a nozzle at extremely high pressure, used especially in dispersing rioters or demonstrators.
  • water closet — an enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.
  • water clover — a common freshwater fern, Marsilea quadrifolia, of lake edges and quiet ponds, having roots embedded in the bottom, very slender and often tangled stems, and floating, cloverlike leaves composed of four leaflets.
  • water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
  • water cooler — a container for holding drinking water that is cooled and drawn off by a faucet or spigot.
  • water jacket — a water-filled envelope or container surrounding a machine, engine, or part for cooling purposes, esp the casing around the cylinder block of a pump or internal-combustion engine
  • water locust — a spiny tree, Gleditsia aquatica, of the legume family, native to the southeastern coastal U.S., having pinnate leaves, greenish-yellow, bell-shaped flowers, and long-stalked, thin pods.
  • water pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
  • water-cooled — kept from overheating by having water circulated around or through it, as in pipes or a water jacket
  • water-jacket — to surround or fit with a water jacket.
  • water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
  • watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
  • watercourses — Plural form of watercourse.
  • watering can — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
  • watteau back — a loose, full back of a woman's gown, formed by wide box pleats hanging from a high shoulder yoke and extending to the hem in an unbroken line.
  • wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen
  • wavefunction — (physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
  • waxed cotton — cotton that is treated with wax to make it waterproof
  • waxed jacket — a waterproof jacket made of waxed material
  • weather deck — (on a ship) the uppermost continuous deck exposed to the weather.
  • weathercasts — Plural form of weathercast.
  • weathercloth — a canvas cover for sheltering crew or protecting boat parts from the weather
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