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10-letter words containing w, i, c

  • switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
  • switchgirl — a woman who operates a telephone switchboard
  • switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
  • switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
  • swordstick — a hollow walking stick containing a short sword or dagger
  • tonic wine — a wine, usually fortified, generally consumed for its supposed invigorating effects
  • town crier — (formerly) a person employed by a town to make public announcements or proclamations, usually by shouting in the streets.
  • tweetcited — excited about the Twitter website
  • twice over — two times
  • 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.
  • twice-laid — made from strands of used rope.
  • twice-told — having been told before; related two times.
  • 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.
  • twin-track — involving two simultaneous actions or processes
  • unswitched — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
  • w particle — either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W + , W −.
  • wage claim — the wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives
  • wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
  • waist pack — fanny pack.
  • waistcloth — a loincloth.
  • waistcoats — Plural form of waistcoat.
  • wallachian — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
  • war crimes — Usually, war crimes. crimes committed against an enemy, prisoners of war, or subjects in wartime that violate international agreements or, as in the case of genocide, are offenses against humanity.
  • war office — the department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence
  • 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.
  • watch fire — a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
  • watch list — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
  • watchnight — Alternative form of watch night.
  • water rice — wild rice.
  • 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.
  • water-sick — (of soil) unproductive due to excessive watering or salt residues from irrigation.
  • wax insect — any of several scale insects that secrete a commercially valuable waxy substance, especially a Chinese scale insect, Ericerus pe-la.
  • waxahachie — a city in NE central Texas.
  • webcasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
  • weedicides — Plural form of weedicide.
  • weizsacker — Carl Friedrich von [kahrl free-drikh fuh n] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1912–2007, German physicist and cosmologist.
  • what price — You use what price in front of a word or expression that refers to something happening when you want to ask how likely it is to happen. You usually do this to emphasize either that it is very likely or very unlikely.
  • wheelchair — a chair mounted on wheels for use by persons who cannot walk.
  • whickering — to whinny; neigh.
  • whipstitch — to sew with stitches passing over an edge, in joining, finishing, or gathering.
  • whipstocks — Plural form of whipstock.
  • whisky mac — a drink consisting of whisky and ginger wine
  • whiskyjack — (Canada) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
  • white buck — a casual oxford shoe made of white buckskin.
  • white cake — a cake that is pale in color because its batter contains the whites of eggs but no yolks
  • white cell — leukocyte
  • white chip — a white-colored chip having the lowest value (contrasted with blue chip).
  • white coal — Informal. water, as of a stream, used for power.
  • white coat — a white coat worn over everyday clothes by a doctor in a hospital or a scientist
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