9-letter words containing w, o, t, c
- microwatt — a unit of power equal to one millionth of a watt. Symbol: μW, μ w.
- northwich — a town in NW England, in Cheshire: salt and chemical industries. Pop: 39 568 (2001)
- overwatch — to watch over.
- patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
- power cut — break in electricity supply
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- scots law — the body of law in force in Scotland
- screw top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- screw-top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- scut work — work that is regarded as tedious and routine or menial
- stickwork — a player's degree of competence or proficiency as a baseball batter, hockey or lacrosse player, etc.: Frequent practice improved his stickwork.
- stockwood — (Arthur) Mervyn. 1913–95, British Anglican prelate; bishop of Southwark (1959–80)
- stockwork — a method of working in a mine where the ore is found in clusters rather than in veins
- stopwatch — a watch with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, used for precise timing, as in races.
- sweetcorn — Sweetcorn is a long rounded vegetable covered in small yellow seeds. It is part of the maize plant. The seeds themselves can also be referred to as sweetcorn.
- switch on — the act or process of switching on an ignition, light, appliance, etc.
- switch-on — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- the crowd — the common people; the masses
- throwback — an act of throwing back.
- top whack — the maximum price
- torchwood — any of various resinous woods suitable for making torches, as the wood of the tree Amyris balsamifera, of the rue family, native to Florida and the West Indies.
- touchdown — Football. an act or instance of scoring six points by being in possession of the ball on or behind the opponent's goal line.
- touchwood — wood converted into an easily ignitible substance by the action of certain fungi, and used as tinder; punk.
- tow truck — wrecker (def 3).
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- two cents — something of insignificant value; a paltry amount: We wouldn't give two cents for their chances of success.
- two-a-cat — two old cat.
- two-color — having or using two colors.
- two-cycle — noting or pertaining to an internal-combustion engine in which two strokes are required to complete a cycle (two-stroke cycle) one to admit and compress air or an air-fuel mixture and one to ignite fuel, do work, and scavenge the cylinder.
- two-faced — having two faces.
- two-pence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of two pennies.
- two-piece — having or consisting of two parts or pieces, especially two matching pieces of a clothing ensemble: a two-piece bathing suit.
- two-track — an oblique movement of a horse in which the forehand and hindquarters move on two distinct parallel tracks and the body is maintained uniformly in the direction of the movement.
- wainscots — Plural form of wainscot.
- waistcoat — Chiefly British. vest (def 1).
- washcloth — a small cloth for washing one's face or body.
- watch for — be vigilant for, careful of
- watch out — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- watchouts — the act of looking out for or anticipating something; lookout: Keep a watchout for dishonest behavior.
- watchword — a word or short phrase to be communicated, on challenge, to a sentinel or guard; password or countersign.
- whack out — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- whipstock — the handle of a whip.
- whitecoat — a baby seal, usually less than four weeks old and still having its initial white fur.
- whitecomb — a fungal disease infecting the combs of certain fowls
- wholistic — holism.
- witchhood — the position of a witch
- witchknot — a knot of hair
- wood tick — American dog tick.
- woodchats — Plural form of woodchat.
- woodcraft — skill in anything that pertains to the woods or forest, especially in making one's way through the woods or in hunting, trapping, etc.