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11-letter words containing w, h, i, t, c

  • watch night — the last night of the year, observed in a watch meeting.
  • watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.
  • watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
  • water witch — a person who claims the ability to detect water underground by means of a divining rod
  • water-witch — to practice water witching; work as a water witch.
  • welwitschia — A gymnospermous plant of desert regions in southwestern Africa that has a dwarf, massive trunk, two long strap-shaped leaves, and male and female flowers in the scales of scarlet cones. It is remarkable for its ability to extract moisture from fog.
  • wet machine — a machine for dewatering pulp.
  • white bacon — bacon (def 2).
  • white birch — the European birch, Betula pendula, yielding a hard wood.
  • white cedar — any of several chiefly coniferous trees valued for their wood, especially Chamaecyparis thyoides, of the eastern U.S., or Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar) of northeastern North America.
  • white cloud — a small, brightly colored freshwater fish, Tanichthys albonubes, native to China: popular in home aquariums.
  • white magic — magic used for good purposes, especially to counteract evil (contrasted with black magic).
  • white perch — a small game fish, Morone americana, greenish-gray above and silvery below, inhabiting streams along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • white sauce — a sauce made of butter, flour, seasonings, and milk or sometimes chicken or veal stock; béchamel.
  • white space — the unprinted area of a piece of printing, as of a poster or newspaper page, or of a portion of a piece of printing, as of an advertisement; blank space: White space is as effective in a layout as type.
  • white stick — a walking stick used by a blind person for feeling the way: painted white as a sign to others that the person is blind
  • white stock — a stock of veal bones, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings: used as the basis for sauces and soups.
  • white witch — a witch who uses magic for benevolent purposes or without malicious intent
  • white-faced — having a white or pale face.
  • whitechapel — a district in E London, England.
  • wholestitch — a type of stitch producing an effect similar to woven cloth
  • windcheater — a lightweight jacket for sports or other outdoor wear.
  • wire-stitch — to stitch (the backs of gathered sections) by means of a machine that automatically forms staples from a continuous reel of wire.
  • witch alder — a shrub, Fothergilla gardenii, of the witch hazel family, native to the southeastern U.S., having spikes of white flowers that bloom before the leaves appear.
  • witch grass — a panic grass, Panicum capillare, having a bushlike compound panicle, common as a weed in North America.
  • witch hazel — a shrub, Hamamelis virginiana, of eastern North America, having toothed, egg-shaped leaves and small, yellow flowers. Compare witch hazel family.
  • witchcrafts — Plural form of witchcraft.
  • witchdoctor — Alternative form of witch doctor.
  • within call — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
  • wrist watch — a watch attached to a strap or band worn about the wrist.
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