13-letter words containing c, a, w
- cassel yellow — a lemon-yellow color.
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
- casual worker — a person who has temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
- casualty ward — a ward which temporarily accommodates patients who have been treated in the casualty department and who need to stay in hospital
- cat's whisker — a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
- catch up with — When people catch up with someone who has done something wrong, they succeed in finding them in order to arrest or punish them.
- caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
- cavalry twill — a strong woollen twill fabric used for trousers, etc
- cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
- cd-read-write — Compact Disc Rewritable
- cd-rewritable — Compact Disc Rewritable
- cedar waxwing — a brownish-gray, crested American waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), with red, waxlike tips on its secondary wing feathers
- cedarwood oil — an aromatic oil obtained from the wood of the red cedar and used in the manufacture of soaps, perfumes, and insecticides.
- charles swart — Charles Robberts [rob-erts] /ˈrɒb ərts/ (Show IPA), 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.
- charles's law — the statement that for a body of ideal gas at constant pressure the volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature
- charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
- checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
- child welfare — social work and services aimed at insuring the welfare of children
- childrenswear — clothing for children
- chowderheaded — like a chowderhead; foolish
- chun doo hwan — born 1931, South Korean political leader: president 1980–88.
- churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
- clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- class warfare — conflict, tension between social classes
- class-warfare — Also called class conflict. conflict between different classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests.
- cliff swallow — an American swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, that has a square-tipped tail and builds nests of mud on cliffs, walls, etc
- climbing wall — a specially constructed wall with recessed and projecting holds to give practice in rock climbing; a feature of many sports centres
- clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
- clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
- clown anemone — a widely distributed anemone fish, Amphiprion ocellaris, having broad bands of orange and white: popular in home aquariums.
- club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
- coast redwood — the redwood, Sequoia sempervirens.
- cobalt yellow — aureolin.
- cobbler's wax — a resin used for waxing thread
- coconut water — the watery, drinkable liquid inside an immature coconut.
- come what may — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- comfort woman — a girl or woman forced into prostitution by Japanese soldiers during World War II.
- common mallow — cheese1 (def 5).
- common sallow — a small Eurasian willow tree, Salix cinerea, which has large catkins that appear before the leaves
- commonwealths — Plural form of commonwealth.
- companionways — Plural form of companionway.
- company woman — a female employee whose allegiance to her employer comes before personal beliefs or loyalty to fellow workers.
- congresswoman — A Congresswoman is a female member of the US Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
- connate water — Connate water is water which is trapped in rock pores.
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
- contract work — the work specified in a short-term contract, esp as opposed to regular employment
- conway's life — Conway's Game of Life
- cooper's hawk — a small North American hawk, Accipiter cooperii, having a bluish-grey back and wings and a reddish-brown breast
- corporate law — law that relates to corporations and to business activities in general