12-letter words containing w, a, c, k
- wake-up call — an act or instance of waking up.
- walking pace — the speed at which someone walks
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- walkingstick — a stick used for walking
- walnut creek — a town in W California.
- wanne-eickel — a city in the Ruhr region in W Germany.
- warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
- 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).
- 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 pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
- water-jacket — to surround or fit with a water jacket.
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- 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.
- waxed jacket — a waterproof jacket made of waxed material
- weather deck — (on a ship) the uppermost continuous deck exposed to the weather.
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- wedding cake — tiered cake served at a marriage party
- wedding-cake — highly ornate or overly elaborate: wedding-cake architecture.
- weekend case — a case used to pack things for a weekend trip
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- wesley clark — (person) One of the designers of the Laboratory Instrument Computer at MIT who subsequently had a quiet hand in many seminal computing events, such as the development of the Internet, the first really good description of the metastability problem in computer logic.
- west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- whip-cracker — a person who cracks a whip.
- whiskey jack — gray jay.
- wikification — The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform, or converting HTML to wiki markup.
- wildcat bank — a bank that issued notes without adequate security in the period before the establishment of the national banking system in 1864.
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
- witch's mark — devil's mark.
- work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.
- wrecking bar — pinch bar.
- wrecking car — a car that is equipped as a wrecker. Compare wrecker (def 2).
- yellowjacket — (chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.