11-letter words containing w, c
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- new country — a style of country music that emerged in the late 1980s characterized by a more contemporary sound and down-to-earth rather than sentimental lyrics
- new cuisine — nouvelle cuisine.
- new economy — the postindustrial world economy based on internet trading and advanced technology
- new mexican — a state in the SW United States. 121,666 sq. mi. (315,115 sq. km). Capital: Santa Fe. Abbreviation: NM (for use with zip code), N. Mex., N.M.
- news agency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
- newscasters — Plural form of newscaster.
- newscasting — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- nicht wahr? — isn't that so?
- night watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- nimzowitsch — Aaron Isayevich (ɪˈzaɪjɛvɪtʃ) 1886–1935, Latvian chess player and theorist; influential in enunciating the principles of the hypermodern school, of which he was the main instigator
- now account — Banking. a savings account against which checks can be written.
- objectworks — An object-oriented development environment developed by ParcPlace, available under Smalltalk and C++.
- office work — work normally carried out in an office, for example clerical or administrative work for an organization
- olive crown — (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- overcrowded — filled to excess; packed.
- owl's claws — a perennial plant, Helenium hoopesii, native to W North America, having large yellow flowers.
- oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- pickwickian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Mr. Pickwick, central character of The Pickwick Papers.
- pieceworker — someone who does work paid for according to the quantity produced
- pillow lace — bobbin lace.
- pipe wrench — a tool having two toothed jaws, one fixed and the other free to grip pipes and other tubular objects when the tool is turned in one direction only.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policy wonk — a person who studies or makes political policies, esp one who has a strong enthusiasm for technical details
- policyowner — policyholder.
- power cable — cable for conducting electric power.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- power cycle — (hardware) (Or "cycle power", "cycle") To turn a machine's power off and on, with the intention of clearing some kind of hung or gronked state. Synonym 120 reset; see also Big Red Switch. Compare Vulcan nerve pinch, bounce and boot, and see the AI Koan about Tom Knight and the novice.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- powerpc 601 — (processor) A 32-bit RISC processor with 2.8 million transistors (~1.2 million in the core logic) and 32 kilobytes of on-chip cache. Die size: 118.8 mm2. Heat dissipation at 66MHz: 9W. Performance at 66MHz: integer >60 SPECint92, floating-point >80 SPECfp92. Estimated manufacturing cost: $76. Maximum instructions per cycle: 3. 32 32-bit general-purpose registers. 32 64-bit floating-point registers. Successors: PowerPC 603, 604, 620.
- quickwitted — Alternative spelling of quick-witted.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- review copy — a copy of a book sent by a publisher to a journal, newspaper, etc, to enable it to be reviewed
- rice weevil — a brown weevil, Sitophilus oryzae, that infests, breeds in, and feeds on stored grains, especially rice.
- rock flower — any shrub of the genus Crossosoma, native to the arid regions of the southwestern U.S., having thick, narrow leaves and solitary flowers.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- sacred writ — Scripture.
- sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- scaled-down — reduced in level of activity, extent, numbers, etc
- scape wheel — escape wheel.
- schoolwards — in the direction of school
- schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.