WC
water closet.
WC
1 American
w.c.
2
American
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water closet.
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without charge.
W.C.
3
American
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water closet.
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West Central (postal district in London, England).
WC
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British
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water closet
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(in London postal code) West Central
wc
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British
abbreviation
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water closet
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without charge
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In this process, fine WC and Co powders are compressed under high pressure and heated in sintering machines.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
In this process, powders of WC and Co are compressed under high pressure and heated in sintering machines to form solid cemented carbide.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Prosecutors say the president of Black Shadow North WC went near the school in Auchel to demand sanctions against the alleged offenders.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
WC: For me, the ultimate elegance is a pressed T-shirt, khakis with a black belt and white sneakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
I staggered into the WC, and hung my head in the oubliette for an eternity, but nothing was coming up.
From A Place so Foreign by Cory Doctorow
She objects, they argue, and in tears she excuses herself to go to the w.c.
From Time Magazine Archive
The elevator is the "lift," the toilet the "w.c."
From Time Magazine Archive
Excrement, etc., must be quickly removed from the premises if we are to have "sweet homes," and the w.c. is perhaps the most convenient apparatus, when properly constructed, which can be employed.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
The great inventive powers which have been applied to the w.c. pan are an evidence of how unsatisfactory they all are.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 by Various
The first floor contains four bed-rooms, two dressing-rooms, bath-room, w.c., etc.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 by Various
After sound came in, full-length feature comedies—by Laurel and Hardy, Mae West, W.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
It also features William McKinley, a master of the grand hallooing style later adopted by W.C.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
This old bit of showbiz witticism from W.C.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
The play's title comes from "Joe Turner's Blues," written in 1915 by W.C.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2022
He died in 1918, and Mr. Blair was re-elected president; with W.C.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
I think England will play well tonight, the so called disastrous world cup was pretty much as most objective folk anticipated, England are a little thin talent wise and expectation is modest post wc.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2010
The riches wc have gathered are excellent and great.
From The Lay of the Cid by Leonard Bacon
These, whilst they liu'd, did liue in all content, contending who should loue each other most, To wc pure loue, proude Fame her eares down lent, and through the world, of it doth highly boast.
From Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) by Paul William Miller
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