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14-letter words containing w, c, t

  • mid wicket off — mid off.
  • network closet — (networking)   The place where network hardware (other than cabling) is installed. The space should be used primarily for storage, be dry, and have electricity available. Since network equipment rarely needs attention once installed and tested, the network closet can have limited accessibility.
  • new carrollton — a city in S central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
  • night watchman — watchman.
  • northern crown — the constellation Corona Borealis.
  • nuclear winter — the general devastation of life, along with worldwide darkness and extreme cold, that some scientists believe would result from a global dust cloud screening out sunlight following large-scale nuclear detonations.
  • one-way ticket — transport: single-journey fare
  • packet writing — (storage)   A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
  • picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
  • pitching wedge — a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for short, lofted pitch shots
  • powder compact — make-up: small case of foundation
  • power politics — political action characterized by the exercise or pursuit of power as a means of coercion.
  • prawn cocktail — A prawn cocktail is a dish that consists of prawns, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal.
  • puncture wound — injury: perforation
  • rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
  • reactive power — Reactive power is the part of complex power that corresponds to storage and retrieval of energy rather than consumption.
  • reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
  • rent allowance — money given to individuals by the government that subsidises the cost of renting a property
  • richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • sackville-west — Dame Victoria Mary ("Vita") 1892–1962, English poet and novelist (wife of Harold Nicolson).
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • schwyzertutsch — any of the local dialects of German spoken in Switzerland.
  • screw extruder — A screw extruder is a type of mixer which moves the components through a cylinder using a screw which turns.
  • search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
  • serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • skew-symmetric — noting a square matrix that is equal to the negative of its transpose.
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
  • spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
  • sweet chestnut — tree: edible nuts
  • swimmer's itch — an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.
  • switch selling — a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead
  • the chosen few — a small group who are treated better than other people
  • the windy city — Chicago, Illinois
  • throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
  • throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
  • to think twice — If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently.
  • to wax lyrical — If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
  • traffic warden — officer who monitors parking, etc.
  • trench warfare — combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
  • tuckaway table — a table having a support folding into one plane and a tilting or drop-leaf top.
  • tumbler switch — electrical control
  • turn the screw — to increase the pressure
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