Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 138 compound words that contain wick. The most common are listed below. Open wick in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- Hampton WickA suburb and former village in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1769).
- Wick St LawrenceA village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3665).
- Haydon WickA suburb and civil parish in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1388).
- Hannington WickA hamlet in Hannington parish, Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1795).
- Wick and AbsonA civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, which includes the named places.
- wick effectThe phenomenon of the partial or total destruction of a human body by fire, when the clothing of the victim soaks up melted body fat and acts like the wick of a candle.
- Wick rotationA method of finding a solution to a mathematical problem in Minkowski space from a solution to a related problem in Euclidean space by means of a transformation that substitutes an imaginary-number variable for a real-number variable.
- Wick HillA place in England:
- get on someone's wickTo annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.
- lamp-wickAlternative form of lampwick: A wick of a lamp, usually an oil lamp.
- wick effectsplural of wick effect: The phenomenon of the partial or total destruction of a human body by fire, when the clothing of the victim soaks up melted body fat and acts like the wick of a candle.
- Wick rotationsplural of Wick rotation: A method of finding a solution to a mathematical problem in Minkowski space from a solution to a related problem in Euclidean space by means of a transformation that substitutes an imaginary-number variable for a …
- all wax and no wickSynonym of all talk and no action: Speaking, promising, or boasting much, but doing little; overpromising, but underdelivering.
- dipped one's wicksimple past and past participle of dip one's wick
- dipping one's wickpresent participle and gerund of dip one's wick
- gets on someone's wickthird-person singular simple present indicative of get on someone's wick: To annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.
- getting on someone's wickpresent participle and gerund of get on someone's wick
- got on someone's wicksimple past and past participle of get on someone's wick
- candle-wickArchaic form of candlewick: The wick of a candle.
- castle-wickSynonym of castlery: The government of a castle.
Compound words 138
- GatwickAn airport in Crawley borough, West Sussex, England, approximately halfway between London and Brighton (OS grid ref TQ2841).
- FenwickA small village in Kyloe parish, north Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0640).
- KeswickA place in England:
- ChiswickA placename:
- candlewickThe wick of a candle.
- BushwickA neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.
- WeekleyA village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8880).
- CheswickA village on the northern border of Bristol, England.
- sheriffwickThe area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- wickmakerSomeone who makes wicks.