11-letter words containing w, a, i, c
- tragic flaw — the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- tweetcation — a short break from posting on the Twitter website
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- view camera — a camera equipped with a lens mount and film holder that can be raised or set at an angle, a bellows that can be additionally extended, and a back that has a ground glass for focusing, used especially for portraits and landscapes.
- view factor — The view factor is the degree to which heat carried by radiation can be passed between two surfaces.
- wainscoting — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- wainscotted — Having a wainscot.
- waistcloths — Plural form of waistcloth.
- waistcoated — Wearing a waistcoat.
- wallclimber — a glass-walled elevator whose shaft is on the exterior wall of a building
- war cabinet — government wartime committee
- warchalking — the practice of marking chalk symbols on walls and pavements at places where local wireless internet connections may be obtained for free via a computer, usually without permission
- watch chain — a chain, frequently of gold or silver, attached to a pocket watch, serving as an ornament and, when passed through a buttonhole in the vest, as a guard against loss or theft of the watch.
- watch night — the last night of the year, observed in a watch meeting.
- watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- water witch — a person who claims the ability to detect water underground by means of a divining rod
- water-witch — to practice water witching; work as a water witch.
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- 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-facing — orientated towards the west
- wet machine — a machine for dewatering pulp.
- wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.
- whimsically — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
- whiskeyjack — (US) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- white bacon — bacon (def 2).
- 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 magic — magic used for good purposes, especially to counteract evil (contrasted with black magic).
- 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-faced — having a white or pale face.
- whitechapel — a district in E London, England.
- widechapped — open-mouthed
- wild carrot — an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota, of temperate regions, having clusters of white flowers and hooked fruits
- wildcatters — Plural form of wildcatter.
- wildcrafter — One who takes part in wildcraft.
- willimantic — a city in NE Connecticut.
- willowwacks — a wooded, uninhabited area.
- winckelmann — Johann Joachim [yoh-hahn yoh-ah-khim] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm/ (Show IPA), 1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian.
- windcheater — a lightweight jacket for sports or other outdoor wear.
- window back — woodwork, especially paneling, beneath the stool of a window.
- wine cellar — a cellar for the storage of wine.
- wing collar — a stand-up collar having the front edges or corners folded down, worn by men for formal or evening dress.
- wire agency — a business organization that gathers news, news photos, the latest stock-market prices, etc., for distribution, usually by teletypewriter, to its subscribers, especially newspapers: so called from the original transmission of news by telegraph wire.
- wisecracked — Simple past tense and past participle of wisecrack.
- wisecracker — a smart or facetious remark.
- 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.