11-letter words containing w, c
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
- think twice — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- time switch — Electronics
- to eat crow — If someone eats crow, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize, especially in situations where this is humiliating or embarrassing for them.
- tonic water — drink: carbonated water
- tower block — a high-rise building.
- tower crane — a rotatable cantilever jib on top of a steelwork tower used on building sites where the operator needs to command a good view of the site
- town centre — the most important commercial or business area of a town, containing most of the shops, banks, restaurants etc
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- toxic waste — waste material that can be harmful or deadly to living creatures and the environment
- trackwalker — a person employed to walk over and inspect a certain section of railroad track at intervals.
- tragic flaw — the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trip switch — an electric switch arranged to interrupt a circuit suddenly and disconnect power from a running machine so that the machine is stopped
- tweetcation — a short break from posting on the Twitter website
- twelve-inch — a phonograph record twelve inches in diameter, especially one with two or more remixes of the same song.
- twin cities — Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minn.
- two o'clock — 2 P.M., 1400 hours, 2 in the afternoon
- two old cat — one old cat played with two batters.
- under watch — If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
- unwatchable — detectable; apparent.
- unwelcoming — not friendly, hostile
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- view camera — a camera equipped with a lens mount and film holder that can be raised or set at an angle, a bellows that can be additionally extended, and a back that has a ground glass for focusing, used especially for portraits and landscapes.
- view factor — The view factor is the degree to which heat carried by radiation can be passed between two surfaces.
- wackadoodle — (slang, pejorative) Crazy, irrational, or eccentric.
- wacky baccy — cannabis or marijuana
- wage packet — regular pay from an employer
- wages clerk — a worker in an office who calculates staff wages
- wainscoting — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- wainscotted — Having a wainscot.
- waistcloths — Plural form of waistcloth.
- waistcoated — Wearing a waistcoat.
- wall rocket — any of several yellow-flowered European plants of the genus Diplotaxis, such as D. muralis, that grow on old walls and in waste places: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- wall socket — socket (def 2b).
- wallaceburg — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- wallclimber — a glass-walled elevator whose shaft is on the exterior wall of a building
- wallcreeper — A Eurasian songbird related to the nuthatches, having mainly gray plumage with broad bright red wings, and living among rocks in mountainous country.
- war cabinet — government wartime committee
- warchalking — the practice of marking chalk symbols on walls and pavements at places where local wireless internet connections may be obtained for free via a computer, usually without permission
- warm sector — the region of warmest air bounded by the cold and warm fronts of a cyclone.
- warsaw pact — an organization formed in Warsaw, Poland (1955), comprising Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the U.S.S.R., for collective defense under a joint military command.
- watch chain — a chain, frequently of gold or silver, attached to a pocket watch, serving as an ornament and, when passed through a buttonhole in the vest, as a guard against loss or theft of the watch.