11-letter words containing w, c
- crown jewel — The Crown Jewels are the crown, sceptre, and other precious objects which are used on important official occasions by the King or Queen.
- crown point — town in NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain: site of a fort important in the French and Indian & the Revolutionary wars: pop. 2,100
- crown roast — a roast consisting of ribs of lamb or pork arranged in a crown shape
- crown vetch — a trailing leguminous European plant, Coronilla varia, with clusters of white or pink flowers: cultivated in North America as a border plant
- crown wheel — the wheel next to the winding knob that has one set of teeth at right angles to the other
- crownpieces — Plural form of crownpiece.
- crowstepped — (of a gable) having crow steps
- crushworthy — (usually, of a, person) Suitable for a crush (infatuation): attractive.
- cuckoo wasp — any of several small, metallic-green or -blue wasps of the family Chrysididae that deposit their eggs in nests of other wasps.
- culture war — conflict of values
- cupid's bow — a shape of the upper lip considered to resemble Cupid's double-curved bow
- curb weight — the weight of an automotive vehicle including fuel, coolant, and lubricants but excluding occupants and cargo.
- curie's law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature
- currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
- curtainwall — Storm shutters or other removable protection for all windows and doors in a residence or building against the effects of high winds, rain and flying objects during a hurricane. They can be made of a variety of materials such as aluminum panels, iron or even wood.
- czestochowa — an industrial city in S Poland, on the River Warta: pilgrimage centre. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
- darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- deuces wild — a variety or method of playing certain poker and other games in which a deuce represents any suit or denomination that the holder chooses: We're playing five-card stud, deuces wild.
- disc harrow — a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting
- discrowning — Present participle of discrown.
- dock worker — A dock worker is a person who works in the docks, loading and unloading ships.
- dockworkers — Plural form of dockworker.
- dower chest — a Pennsylvania Dutch hope chest bearing the initials of the owner.
- down ticket — relating to or noting a candidate or political contest that is relatively low-profile and local compared to one listed in a higher place on the ballot: Very popular presidential nominees often cause down-ballot candidates to win.
- downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
- downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
- drive screw — a fastener with a helical thread of coarse pitch that can be driven into wood with a hammer and removed with a screwdriver.
- dwarf sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus copallina, of the cashew family, native to the eastern U.S., having shiny, pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of red, berrylike fruit.
- eco-warrior — An eco-warrior is someone who spends a lot of time working actively for environmental causes.
- ecowarriors — Plural form of ecowarrior.
- electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
- entranceway — A way into a place or thing, esp. a doorway or corridor at the entrance to a building.
- everywhence — from all directions
- excise laws — laws relating to taxes on dutiable items
- face powder — a cosmetic powder used to give a mat finish to the face.
- facial wash — a beauty product which cleanses the skin of the face
- fancy woman — an immoral woman, especially a man's mistress.
- fast-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively rapidly, utilized especially in actions requiring maximum effort of short duration, as sprinting (distinguished from slow-twitch).
- firewatcher — A person who looks for the onset of fires, normally from a high vantage point.
- flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- front crawl — a style of swimming in which the swimmer faces downwards and moves their arms alternately in strokes
- gang switch — a collection of switches connected to separate circuits and operating simultaneously.
- getaway car — an automobile used by criminals in order to leave the scene of a crime quickly
- googlewhack — A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.
- ground crew — ground personnel responsible for the maintenance and repair of aircraft.
- growth cone — a flattened area at the end of a growing axon or dendrite, having radiating filopodia and lemellopodia that function as guides for the outgrowth of embryonic nerve fibers.
- gypsy winch — a small winch or crab.
- hack writer — a writer of undistinguished literary work produced to order