11-letter words containing w, o, c, a
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
- microwaving — Present participle of microwave.
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.
- now account — Banking. a savings account against which checks can be written.
- owl's claws — a perennial plant, Helenium hoopesii, native to W North America, having large yellow flowers.
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- pillow lace — bobbin lace.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- power cable — cable for conducting electric power.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- scaled-down — reduced in level of activity, extent, numbers, etc
- schoolwards — in the direction of school
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- snow cannon — a device used to create and project artificial snow for skiing
- snow chains — device that gives tyres extra grip
- snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
- social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
- social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
- storm watch — watch (def 20).
- straw color — a pale yellow similar to the color of straw.
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- sweatercoat — a coat knitted like a bulky sweater.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
- to eat crow — If someone eats crow, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize, especially in situations where this is humiliating or embarrassing for them.
- tonic water — drink: carbonated water
- tower crane — a rotatable cantilever jib on top of a steelwork tower used on building sites where the operator needs to command a good view of the site
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- toxic waste — waste material that can be harmful or deadly to living creatures and the environment
- tweetcation — a short break from posting on the Twitter website
- two old cat — one old cat played with two batters.
- view factor — The view factor is the degree to which heat carried by radiation can be passed between two surfaces.
- wackadoodle — (slang, pejorative) Crazy, irrational, or eccentric.
- wainscoting — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- wainscotted — Having a wainscot.
- waistcloths — Plural form of waistcloth.
- waistcoated — Wearing a waistcoat.
- wall rocket — any of several yellow-flowered European plants of the genus Diplotaxis, such as D. muralis, that grow on old walls and in waste places: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- wall socket — socket (def 2b).
- warm sector — the region of warmest air bounded by the cold and warm fronts of a cyclone.
- watchdogged — characteristic of a watchdog
- watchtowers — Plural form of watchtower.
- water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
- watercolors — Plural form of watercolor.
- watercolour — A water-soluble pigment.
- watercooler — Alternative spelling of water cooler.
- watercourse — a stream of water, as a river or brook.