17-letter words containing w, y, c
- acetylene welding — a type of welding that uses an acetylene torch
- african army worm — the caterpillar of a widely distributed noctuid moth, Spodoptera exempta, which travels in vast hordes and is a serious pest of cereal crops and grasses in Africa and parts of Australia
- backward analysis — (theory) An analysis to determine properties of the inputs of a program from properties or context of the outputs. E.g. if the output of this function is needed then this argument is needed. Compare forward analysis.
- camberwell beauty — a nymphalid butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa, of temperate regions, having dark purple wings with cream-yellow borders
- canarybird flower — a nasturtium, Tropaeolum peregrinum, of Peru, having round, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers.
- celebrity wedding — a wedding of famous people, usually reported at length in celebrity magazines
- charles henry dow — Charles Henry, 1851–1902, U.S. journalist and publisher: a founder of Dow Jones company.
- classical pathway — the activation of complement by an antigen-antibody reaction. Compare alternative pathway.
- contraflow system — a system of traffic lanes whose normal direction is reversed to allow traffic to move during repairs or an accident
- costume jewellery — Costume jewellery is jewellery made from cheap materials.
- cryptic crossword — a crossword where each clue is a word puzzle
- dwarf huckleberry — tangleberry.
- fellow countryman — sb of same nationality
- funicular railway — a short, very steep railway having two parallel sets of tracks, upon each of which runs a car or train raised or lowered by means of a cable that simultaneously lowers or raises the other car or train in such a way that the two are approximately counterbalanced.
- knowledge economy — an economy in which information services are dominant as an area of growth
- law of trichotomy — the property that for natural numbers a and b , either a is less than b , a equals b , or a is greater than b .
- low-velocity zone — a layer or zone in the earth in which the velocity of seismic waves is slightly lower than in the layers above and below. The asthenosphere is thought to be such a zone
- mayflower compact — an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
- mercy otis warren — Earl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: chief justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
- metabolic pathway — biochemistry: sequence of reactions within a cell or organism
- new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
- northcountrywoman — a female native or inhabitant of the North of England
- scentless mayweed — a similar and related plant, Matricaria maritima, with scentless leaves
- secondary rainbow — a faint rainbow formed by light rays that undergo two internal reflections in drops of rain, appearing above the primary rainbow and having its colors in the opposite order.
- secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
- squaw huckleberry — deerberry.
- sword and sorcery — a genre of literature and film, usually set in days of old with magic as well as sword fighting
- to show your face — If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
- top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
- walleye surfperch — a common black and silvery surfperch (Hyperprosopon argenteum) found off the coast of California
- willow flycatcher — a North American flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, of alder thickets and other moist areas, that has greenish-brown upper parts and whitish underparts and is almost indistinguishable except by voice from E. traillii (willow flycatcher)
- woolly rhinoceros — an extinct rhinoceros; Coelodonta antiquitatis
- yellow copper ore — chalcopyrite.
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