10-letter words containing w, o, r, c, e
- downcurved — curved downward at the edges or end: his downcurved mouth conveyed his disappointment; downcurved beak.
- ecowarrior — Alternative spelling of eco-warrior.
- force down — eat with difficulty
- hoodiecrow — A hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
- house crow — a black and gray crow, Corvus splendens, of India.
- jabberwock — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- key escrow — (security) A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.
- letchworth — a town in SE England, in N Hertfordshire: the first garden city in Great Britain (founded in 1903). Pop: 32 932 (2001)
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- lower back — lumbar region
- lower case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lower deck — the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
- lower-case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
- microbrews — Plural form of microbrew.
- micropower — Of or pertaining to generating, storing or using extremely small amounts of power.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- mocha ware — a pottery ware of the late 18th through the early 20th centuries, ornamented with colored glaze worked into branchlike patterns by drops of a diffusing agent applied while the glaze is still wet.
- mower deck — cutter deck.
- new-collar — pertaining to or designating middle-class wage earners holding jobs in a service industry.
- nonce word — a word coined and used only for a particular occasion. Compare neologism (def 1).
- nonce-word — a word coined and used only for a particular occasion. Compare neologism (def 1).
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- overcrowds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcrowd.
- peckerwood — Midland and Southern U.S. woodpecker.
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- power pack — a device for converting the voltage from a power line or battery to the various voltages required by the components of an electronic circuit.
- powerpc g3 — (processor) A processor chip from Apple Computer, Inc.. Described by Apple as "the third generation in the development of advanced processor technology" the first PowerPC G3 products were launched in 1997. It is specifically optimised for the Macintosh Operating System and uses backside cache to improve performance. The PowerPC G3 has been used by Apple in notebook, desktop and server products.
- quincewort — Squinancywort.
- row vector — a collection of numbers, as the components of a vector, written horizontally.
- sacred cow — an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning.
- score draw — A score draw is the result of a football match in which both teams score at least one goal, and they score the same number of goals.
- screw hook — a hook having a shank in the form of a screw.
- scrollwise — like a scroll, in a way similar to a scroll
- second row — the forwards in the second row of a scrum
- shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
- snow cover — a layer of snow on the ground.
- snow-creep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- stockowner — stockholder (def 1).
- sweet corn — any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating.
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- town clerk — a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
- town crier — (formerly) a person employed by a town to make public announcements or proclamations, usually by shouting in the streets.
- 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.
- war office — the department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence