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13-letter words containing w, c, k

  • mock whipbird — an Australian bird, Pachycephala rufiventris, which is not of the whipbird family
  • monkey wrench — spanner
  • monkey-wrench — to ruin (plans, a schedule, etc.) unavoidably or, sometimes, deliberately: The storm monkey-wrenched our plans for a picnic.
  • nervewracking — Alternative form of nerve-wracking.
  • nervous wreck — sb anxious
  • new brunswick — a province in SE Canada, E of Maine. 27,985 sq. mi. (72,480 sq. km). Capital: Fredericton.
  • new york city — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
  • news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
  • oak wax scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
  • office worker — employee in an office
  • outreach work — work (done by welfare workers, volunteers, etc) designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
  • packet switch — packet switching
  • piece of work — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
  • prawn cracker — a puffy savoury crisp made from rice flour and prawn flavouring, served with Chinese food
  • rescue worker — someone who works to bring people out of danger, attack, harm, etc, esp after a disaster, accident, etc
  • research work — work concerning research into or investigation into a subject, topic, etc, particularly in the sciences
  • sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
  • sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
  • schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
  • scotch whisky — whiskey distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley in a pot still.
  • shark watcher — a business consultant who assists companies in identifying and preventing unwelcome takeover bids
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
  • single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
  • social worker — sb who assists local community
  • socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
  • speckled wood — a common woodland brown satyrid butterfly, Pararge aegeria, marked with pale orange or yellowish-white spots
  • sticky wicket — Cricket. the area of ground around a wicket when it is tacky because of recent rain and therefore does not allow the ball to bounce well.
  • stock warrant — A stock warrant is the right to buy stock at a particular price on a particular date directly from the issuing company.
  • swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • swizzle stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
  • swizzle-stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
  • the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
  • vacation work — work undertaken by students during their vacation
  • wacky tobacky — marijuana.
  • walking stick — a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
  • warning track — a strip, often consisting of a cinder or dirt track, bordering the outer edge of the outfield between the outfield turf and the stadium wall that alerts outfielders that the wall is near, especially as they back up to catch a fly ball.
  • water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
  • weather check — if you get a weather check you find out what the weather is like
  • weathercocked — Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock.
  • welfare check — a social security payment
  • what the heck — You say 'what the heck' to indicate that you do not care about a bad aspect of an action or situation.
  • white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
  • white knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
  • white-knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
  • wicket maiden — an over in which no runs are scored with the bat and at least one wicket is taken by the bowler
  • wicketkeepers — Plural form of wicketkeeper.
  • windsor locks — a town in N Connecticut.
  • winkle-picker — a shoe or boot with a narrow, sharply pointed toe
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