11-letter words containing w, c
- schwarzwald — a wooded mountain region in SW Germany. Highest peak, Feldberg, 4905 feet (1495 meters).
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- scissorwise — in a movement or position which imitates scissors
- scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
- scratch awl — an awllike device for scribing wood.
- scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- screech owl — any of numerous small American owls of the genus Otus, having hornlike tufts of feathers, as O. asio, of eastern North America.
- screen wash — a fluid that is squirted onto a car windscreen to clean it
- screenwrite — (language) A columnar format third generation programming language similar in layout to assembler and used for transaction processing, solely on the Honeywell Bull TPS6 database/transaction management system on their Level 6 DPS6 minicomputers running under the GCOS6 operating system. In the UK it was mainly used by local authorities and the Ministry of Defense. Being proprietary technology, its popularity waned with the introduction of open systems standards, relational databases and fourth generation languages but it is believed that some systems made it through Y2K.
- screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- screw press — a device for applying pressure by the turning of a threaded shaft.
- screwdriver — a hand tool for turning a screw, consisting of a handle attached to a long, narrow shank, usually of metal, which tapers and flattens out to a tip that fits into the slotted head of a screw.
- second wind — the return of ease in breathing after exhaustion caused by continued physical exertion, as in running.
- sheriffwick — shrievalty.
- shipwrecked — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- sienkiewicz — Henryk [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, Polish novelist: Nobel prize 1905.
- sketch show — a show, such as a TV show or public performance, consisting of a variety of short comedy scenes
- slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
- slack-jawed — having the mouth open, especially as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc.
- slow cooker — an electric cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid for cooking meats, casseroles, etc., for several hours at relatively low temperatures, usually around 200° F (93.3° C).
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- slow-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively slowly and is resistant to fatigue (distinguished from fast-twitch).
- snow cannon — a device used to create and project artificial snow for skiing
- snow chains — device that gives tyres extra grip
- snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
- social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
- social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
- spacewalker — a person who manoeuvres in space while outside but attached to a spacecraft
- stage screw — a large, tapered screw fitted with a handle, used to secure braces for scenery to the floor of a stage.
- stock power — a power of attorney permitting a person other than the owner of stock in a corporation to transfer the title of ownership to a third party.
- storm watch — watch (def 20).
- straw color — a pale yellow similar to the color of straw.
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- swan's neck — a shallow S-curve used in decorative work.
- swan-necked — having a neck that is long and elegant like that of a swan
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- sweatercoat — a coat knitted like a bulky sweater.
- sweep check — a maneuver for depriving an opponent of the puck by seizing it in the crook of one's stick and pulling it away with a movement in a long arc, the stick being held level or nearly level with the ice. Compare check1 (def 37).
- sweet birch — a North American tree, Betula lenta, having smooth, blackish bark and twigs that are a source of methyl salicylate.
- sweet cider — the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out
- swing-music — Also called Big Band music, swing music. a style of jazz, popular especially in the 1930s and often arranged for a large dance band, marked by a smoother beat and more flowing phrasing than Dixieland and having less complex harmonies and rhythms than modern jazz.
- swiss chard — chard.
- switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
- switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.