12-letter words containing w, e
- claw hatchet — a hatchet with a claw at one end of its head for extracting nails
- claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
- clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
- clos network — (networking) A type of network topology that can connect N inputs to N outputs with less that N^2 crosspoint switches.
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- collide with — If a vehicle collides with another vehicle or a person, it hits something or someone that is traveling in a different direction.
- collywobbles — an upset stomach
- come between — If someone or something comes between two people, or comes between a person and a thing, they make the relationship or connection between them less close or happy.
- come down on — If you come down on one side of an argument, you declare that you support that side.
- come down to — If a problem, decision, or question comes down to a particular thing, that thing is the most important factor involved.
- come forward — If someone comes forward, they offer to do something or to give some information in response to a request for help.
- come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
- common shrew — a small mouse-like long-snouted mammal, Sorex araneus, of the family Soricidae: order Insectivora (insectivores)
- commonwealth — The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule.
- complex wave — a waveform consisting of a fundamental frequency with superimposed harmonics
- computer law — a body of law arising out of the special conditions relating to the use of computers, as in computer crime or software copyright.
- content word — a word to which an independent meaning can be given by reference to a world outside any sentence in which the word may occur
- contrariwise — from a contrasting point of view; on the other hand
- cop it sweet — to accept a penalty without complaint
- core drawing — drawing of fine tubing using wire as a mandrel.
- core gateway — Historically, one of a set of gateways (routers) operated by the Internet Network Operations Center at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). The core gateway system formed a central part of Internet routing in that all groups must advertise paths to their networks from a core gateway.
- corn earworm — the larva of the noctuid moth Heliothis armigera, which feeds on maize and many other crop plants
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- cotton waste — refuse cotton yarn, esp when used as a cleaning material
- couette flow — the flow of a fluid between two surfaces that have tangential relative motion, as of a liquid between two coaxial cylinders that have different angular velocities.
- councilwomen — Plural form of councilwoman.
- counter word — any word freely used as a general term of approval or disapproval without reference to its more exact meaning, as nice, terrible, lousy, terrific
- counter-view — an opposing or contrasting opinion.
- counter-word — a word, often of short-lived popularity, widely used as an almost meaningless, automatic response.
- counterpower — an opposing power
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- counterwoman — A woman who serves at a counter.
- counterworld — an alternative world opposite to the virtual world
- countrywomen — Plural form of countrywoman.
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
- crawler lane — a lane on an uphill section of a motorway reserved for slow vehicles
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- creditworthy — A creditworthy person or organization is one who can safely be lent money or allowed to have goods on credit, for example because in the past they have always paid back what they owe.
- crime writer — a writer who writes detective fiction
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- croquet lawn — a lawn where croquet is played
- crowd-puller — If you describe a performer or event as a crowd-puller, you mean that they attract a large audience.
- crowdsourced — Obtained by crowdsourcing.
- crown antler — the topmost prong of a stag's antler.
- crown cutter — a hollow, thin-walled cylinder having teeth formed radially on the end and used for cutting round holes out of thin, flat stock.
- crown estate — the property owned by the British Crown; state-owned property
- crown jewels — the jewellery, including the regalia, used by a sovereign on a state occasion
- crown office — (in England) an office of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court that is responsible for administration and where actions are entered for trial