10-letter words containing w, e, n, c
- snow fence — a barrier erected on the windward side of a road, house, barn, etc., serving as a protection from drifting snow.
- snow-creep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
- somewhence — from somewhere
- spacewoman — a woman astronaut.
- stockowner — stockholder (def 1).
- sweet corn — any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- tonic wine — a wine, usually fortified, generally consumed for its supposed invigorating effects
- town clerk — a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
- town crier — (formerly) a person employed by a town to make public announcements or proclamations, usually by shouting in the streets.
- twice-born — Hinduism. of or relating to members of the Indian castes of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas, who undergo a spiritual rebirth and initiation in adolescence.
- twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
- twin-screw — (of a vessel) having two screw propellers, which usually revolve in opposite directions.
- two oceans — an annual road marathon run in Cape Town, South Africa
- unchewable — not able to be chewed; tough
- unswitched — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- unwelcomed — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- wagner act — National Labor Relations Act.
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- warrandice — (legal) A form of warranty, in Scots law, in which a person conveying property was held liable for any outstanding claims on the property.
- watchwomen — Plural form of watchwoman.
- water-inch — the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover the orifice.
- wax insect — any of several scale insects that secrete a commercially valuable waxy substance, especially a Chinese scale insect, Ericerus pe-la.
- web beacon — a very small graphic image or other object embedded in an HTML-formatted web page or email, used to track the online actions and activity of users: Web beacons that monitor customer preferences.
- webcasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- wenceslaus — 1361–1419, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1378–1400; as Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia 1378–1419.
- whickering — to whinny; neigh.
- wickedness — the quality or state of being wicked.
- widescreen — of, noting, or pertaining to motion pictures projected on a screen having greater width than height, usually in a ratio of 1 to 2.5.
- winceyette — a plain-weave cotton fabric with slightly raised two-sided nap
- winchester — (in the Middle Ages) a kingdom, later an earldom, in S England. Capital: Winchester.
- wind chest — a chamber containing the air supply for the reeds or pipes of an organ.
- wind scale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
- windchimes — Plural form of windchime.
- windows ce — (operating system) /C E/ A version of the Microsoft Windows operating system that is being used in a variety of embedded products, from handheld PCs to specialised industrial controllers and consumer electronic devices. Programming for Windows CE is similar to programming for other Win32 platforms. Windows CE was developed to be a customisable operating system for embedded applications. Its kernel borrows much from other Microsoft 32-bit operating systems, while eliminating (or replacing) those operating system features that are not needed for typical Windows CE-based applications. For example, as on Windows NT, all applications running on Windows CE run in a fully preemptive multitasking environment, in fully protected memory spaces. The Win32 (API) for Windows CE is smaller than the Win32 API for the other 32-bit Windows operating systems. It includes approximately half the interface methods of the Windows NT version of the API. But the Win32 API for Windows CE also includes features found in no other Microsoft operating system. The notification API, for example, makes it possible to handle user or application notification events (such as timer events) at the operating-system level, rather than in a running application. The touch screen API and the built-in support for the Windows CE database are not found in other Windows operating systems. The touch screen API makes it easy to manage screen calibration and user interactions for touch-sensitive displays, while the database API provides access to a data storage facility.
- windscreen — windshield.
- windsucker — a horse afflicted with cribbing.
- wingbacked — Having wingbacks.
- woonsocket — a city in NE Rhode Island.
- worm fence — Chiefly Midland U.S. snake fence.
- wry-necked — afflicted with wryneck.
- zinc white — a white or yellowish-white, amorphous, odorless, water-insoluble powder, ZnO, used chiefly as a paint pigment, in cosmetics, dental cements, matches, white printing inks, and opaque glass, and in medicine in the treatment of skin conditions.