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11-letter words containing w, c, t

  • watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
  • watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.
  • watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
  • watchstraps — Plural form of watchstrap.
  • watchtowers — Plural form of watchtower.
  • water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
  • water cycle — the natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor, precipitates to earth in liquid or solid form, and ultimately returns to the atmosphere through evaporation.
  • 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.
  • watercolors — Plural form of watercolor.
  • watercolour — A water-soluble pigment.
  • watercooler — Alternative spelling of water cooler.
  • watercourse — a stream of water, as a river or brook.
  • waterlocked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
  • waterlocust — a thorny honeylocust (Gleditsia aquatica), native to the SE U.S., with a dark, heavy wood that takes a high polish
  • waterscapes — Plural form of waterscape.
  • watt-second — a unit of energy equal to the energy of one watt acting for one second; the equivalent of one joule.
  • weathercast — a forecast of weather conditions, especially on radio or television.
  • weathercoat — Also, weathercoating. a weatherproof coating, applied especially to the exterior of a building.
  • weathercock — a weather vane with the figure of a rooster on it.
  • weed cutter — a hand implement, often powered by electricity or a gasoline motor, for cutting weeds or trimming grass and often utilizing a rotating nylon cord as the cutting blade.
  • welcome mat — a doormat, especially one with the word “welcome” printed on it.
  • welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
  • weltschmerz — sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
  • 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 seneca — a city in NW New York, near Buffalo.
  • west-facing — orientated towards the west
  • westchester — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • westermarck — Edward Alexander [ed-werd al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Finnish ed-vahrd ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈɛd wərd ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Finnish ˈɛd vɑrd ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, Finnish sociologist.
  • wet compass — a compass having a compass card floating in a liquid.
  • wet contact — a contact through which direct current flows.
  • wet machine — a machine for dewatering pulp.
  • whacked out — tired; exhausted; worn-out.
  • whacked-out — tired; exhausted; worn-out.
  • whale watch — trip to observe sea mammals
  • whenceforth — from which time or place forward
  • white bacon — bacon (def 2).
  • white birch — the European birch, Betula pendula, yielding a hard wood.
  • 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 cloud — a small, brightly colored freshwater fish, Tanichthys albonubes, native to China: popular in home aquariums.
  • white magic — magic used for good purposes, especially to counteract evil (contrasted with black magic).
  • white perch — a small game fish, Morone americana, greenish-gray above and silvery below, inhabiting streams along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • 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 stick — a walking stick used by a blind person for feeling the way: painted white as a sign to others that the person is blind
  • white stock — a stock of veal bones, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings: used as the basis for sauces and soups.
  • white witch — a witch who uses magic for benevolent purposes or without malicious intent
  • white-faced — having a white or pale face.
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