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13-letter words containing w, c

  • carpenterworm — the larva of the carpenterworm moth.
  • carpet-weaver — a person who weaves carpets
  • carry forward — to transfer (a balance) to the next page, column, etc
  • cashew family — the plant family Anacardiaceae, typified by trees, shrubs, or vines having resinous and sometimes poisonous juice, alternate leaves, small flowers, and a nut or fleshy fruit, and including the cashew, mango, pistachio, poison ivy, and sumac.
  • cassel yellow — a lemon-yellow color.
  • casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
  • castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
  • casual worker — a person who has temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
  • casualty ward — a ward which temporarily accommodates patients who have been treated in the casualty department and who need to stay in hospital
  • cat's whisker — a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
  • catch up with — When people catch up with someone who has done something wrong, they succeed in finding them in order to arrest or punish them.
  • caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
  • cavalry twill — a strong woollen twill fabric used for trousers, etc
  • cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
  • cd-read-write — Compact Disc Rewritable
  • cd-rewritable — Compact Disc Rewritable
  • cedar waxwing — a brownish-gray, crested American waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), with red, waxlike tips on its secondary wing feathers
  • cedarwood oil — an aromatic oil obtained from the wood of the red cedar and used in the manufacture of soaps, perfumes, and insecticides.
  • charles swart — Charles Robberts [rob-erts] /ˈrɒb ərts/ (Show IPA), 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.
  • charles's law — the statement that for a body of ideal gas at constant pressure the volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature
  • charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
  • checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
  • cheek by jowl — If you say that people or things are cheek by jowl with each other, you are indicating that they are very close to each other.
  • chester white — a variety of large, white hog
  • chew-'n'-spew — any fast-food restaurant considered to be serving poor quality food
  • chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
  • child welfare — social work and services aimed at insuring the welfare of children
  • childrenswear — clothing for children
  • chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
  • chime in with — If one thing chimes in with another thing or chimes with it, the two things are similar or consistent with each other.
  • chimney sweep — A chimney sweep is a person whose job is to clean the soot out of chimneys.
  • chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
  • chimney wheel — smokejack.
  • chinese white — white zinc oxide, formerly used in paints
  • chowderheaded — like a chowderhead; foolish
  • christ within — (in Quakerism) the light of Christ in the soul of every person, considered as a guiding force.
  • chrome yellow — any yellow pigment consisting of lead chromate mixed with lead sulphate
  • chun doo hwan — born 1931, South Korean political leader: president 1980–88.
  • churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
  • clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
  • class warfare — conflict, tension between social classes
  • class-warfare — Also called class conflict. conflict between different classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests.
  • cliff dweller — (usually initial capital letter) a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern U.S., who were ancestors of the Pueblo Indians and built shelters in caves or on the ledges of cliffs.
  • cliff swallow — an American swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, that has a square-tipped tail and builds nests of mud on cliffs, walls, etc
  • cliff-dweller — a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern US who built shelters on the ledges of cliffs or in caves
  • climbing wall — a specially constructed wall with recessed and projecting holds to give practice in rock climbing; a feature of many sports centres
  • clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
  • clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
  • clown anemone — a widely distributed anemone fish, Amphiprion ocellaris, having broad bands of orange and white: popular in home aquariums.
  • club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
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