10-letter words containing w, c, a
- have a cow — become angry or upset
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- henchwoman — Feminine of henchman.
- insect wax — Chinese wax.
- jabberwock — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- jack towel — a long towel with the ends sewed together, for hanging on a roller.
- jackscrews — Plural form of jackscrew.
- jackstraws — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- jacky howe — (formerly) a sleeveless flannel shirt worn by sheep shearers
- jewel case — a small box or chest, often lined in a soft fabric and fitted with compartments, designed to hold jewelry.
- keep watch — observe, maintain a vigil
- knackwurst — a short, thick, highly seasoned sausage.
- lackawanna — a city in W New York, on Lake Erie, near Buffalo.
- law centre — an office, usually staffed by professional volunteers, at which free legal advice and information are provided to the general public
- law courts — a body which adjudicates legal disputes and attempts to administer justice in accordance with the law
- law french — Anglo-French as used in legal proceedings and lawbooks in England from the Norman Conquest to the 17th century, some terms of which are still in use.
- law school — university where law degrees are taught
- lawn chair — a chair or chaise longue designed for use out of doors.
- lawrencium — a synthetic, radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Lr; atomic number: 103.
- lead screw — (on a lathe) a rotating horizontal screw for moving the tool carriage along the work at a constant rate.
- lewis acid — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with a base by accepting a pair of electrons from it.
- local wind — one of a number of winds that are influenced predominantly by the topographic features of a relatively small region.
- low-impact — Low-impact exercise does not put a lot of stress on your body.
- lower back — lumbar region
- lower case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lower-case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
- lunchwagon — a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.
- macroworld — A world or reality on a larger scale, thus for example the social scale when discussing individual affairs, or the human scale when discussing particle physics.
- magic wand — handheld stick for casting spells
- mankiewicz — Joseph L(eo) 1909–1993, U.S. motion-picture director, producer, and writer.
- markiewicz — Constance, Countess, original name Constance Gore-Booth. 1868–1927, Irish nationalist, married to a Polish count. She fought in the Easter Rising (1916) and was sentenced to death but reprieved. The first woman elected to the British parliament (1918), she refused to take her seat
- microwatts — Plural form of microwatt.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- mocha ware — a pottery ware of the late 18th through the early 20th centuries, ornamented with colored glaze worked into branchlike patterns by drops of a diffusing agent applied while the glaze is still wet.
- mosaic law — the ancient law of the Hebrews, ascribed to Moses.
- narrowback — a person of slight build who is unfit for hard labor.
- narrowcast — to aim a program or programming at a specific, limited audience or sales market.
- new canaan — a town in SW Connecticut.
- new candle — candela
- new castle — a city in W Pennsylvania.
- new france — the French colonies and possessions in North America up to 1763.
- new-collar — pertaining to or designating middle-class wage earners holding jobs in a service industry.
- newsagency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
- newscaster — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- nowcasting — the preparation or production of nowcasts
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- paddywhack — Informal. a spanking.
- parcelwise — bit by bit