12-letter words containing w, h, s, c
- acid washing — a process in which a denim garment is treated with a bleach solution containing chlorine-soaked stones so that the color becomes faded and the material is softer.
- autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
- basic weight — basis weight.
- berwickshire — (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland: part of the Borders region from 1975 to 1996, now part of Scottish Borders council area
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- bushwhacking — to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
- cashew apple — the soft, swollen, pear-shaped stalk of the cashew tree, to which a cashew nut is attached: used in preserves and wine.
- charles drew — Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- charles' law — the principle that all gases expand equally for the same rise of temperature if they are held at constant pressure: also that the pressures of all gases increase equally for the same rise of temperature if they are held at constant volume. The law is now known to be only true for ideal gases
- cheese straw — a long thin cheese-flavoured strip of pastry
- chickasawhay — a river in SE Mississippi, flowing S to the Pascagoula River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
- chinese wall — a notional barrier between the parts of a business, esp between the market makers and brokers of a stock-exchange business, across which no information should pass to the detriment of clients
- chowderheads — Plural form of chowderhead.
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- common shrew — a small mouse-like long-snouted mammal, Sorex araneus, of the family Soricidae: order Insectivora (insectivores)
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- deathwatches — Plural form of deathwatch.
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- escape wheel — moving part of a timepiece
- float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
- french twist — French roll.
- housewrecker — wrecker (def 4).
- kirschwasser — a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries, produced especially in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, France.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
- light switch — lever or knob for controlling a light
- limit switch — a switch that automatically cuts off current to an electric motor when an object moved by it, as an elevator, has passed a given point.
- lower school — a school that is preparatory to one on a more advanced level.
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- picture show — motion picture.
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- sandwich man — a person with advertising boards hung from the shoulders.
- saskatchewan — a province in W Canada. 251,700 sq. mi. (651,900 sq. km). Capital: Regina.
- school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
- schoolfellow — a schoolmate.
- schwann cell — a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.
- scram switch — (jargon) (From the nuclear power industry) An emergency power-off switch (see Big Red Switch), especially one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating personnel. In general, this is *not* something you frob lightly; these often initiate expensive events (such as Halon dumps) and are installed in a dinosaur pen for use in case of electrical fire or in case some luckless field servoid should put 120 volts across himself while Easter egging. SCRAM stands for Safety Control Rod Ax Man. In the early days of nuclear power, boron moderator rods were raised and lowered on ropes. In the event of a runaway chain reaction, a man with an axe would chop the rope and drop the rods into the nuclear pile to stop the reaction. See also molly-guard, TMRC.
- screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
- sea crawfish — spiny lobster
- shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- shawl collar — a rolled collar and lapel in one piece that curves from the back of the neck down to the front closure of a single-breasted or double-breasted garment.
- shen congwen — 1902–1988, Chinese author.
- showy orchis — a wild orchid, Orchis spectabilis, of eastern North America, having a spike of showy flowers, each with purple, pink, or white sepals and petals united into a galea and a white lip.
- snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
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