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