10-letter words containing c, o, d, w
- down-cycle — business: move downward
- downcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of downcast.
- downcomers — a pipe, tube, or passage for conducting fluid materials downward.
- downcurved — curved downward at the edges or end: his downcurved mouth conveyed his disappointment; downcurved beak.
- downscaled — Simple past tense and past participle of downscale.
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- force down — eat with difficulty
- hoodiecrow — A hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
- knock down — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockdowns — Plural form of knockdown.
- local wind — one of a number of winds that are influenced predominantly by the topographic features of a relatively small region.
- low comedy — comedy that depends on physical action, broadly humorous or farcical situations, and often bawdy or vulgar jokes.
- low-necked — (of a dress or other garment) cut low so as to leave the neck and shoulders exposed; décolleté.
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- lower deck — the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
- lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
- macroworld — A world or reality on a larger scale, thus for example the social scale when discussing individual affairs, or the human scale when discussing particle physics.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microworld — The world as it exists at a microscopic scale, subject to quantum effects etc. (from 20th c.).
- mower deck — cutter deck.
- new comedy — Greek comedy arising toward the end of the 4th century b.c. that employed stock characters and plots drawn from contemporary bourgeois life, the formulas of which were adopted by later Roman writers for the comic stage.
- nonce word — a word coined and used only for a particular occasion. Compare neologism (def 1).
- nonce-word — a word coined and used only for a particular occasion. Compare neologism (def 1).
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- overcrowds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcrowd.
- peckerwood — Midland and Southern U.S. woodpecker.
- sacred cow — an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning.
- saw doctor — a sawmill specialist who sharpens and services saw blades
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- schoolward — towards or in the direction of school
- score draw — A score draw is the result of a football match in which both teams score at least one goal, and they score the same number of goals.
- second row — the forwards in the second row of a scrum
- shadowcast — to enhance (a microscope image) by exposing it to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal in order to create a shadow
- smack down — to humble or reprimand (someone who is overstepping bounds)
- snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
- stick down — seal with an adhesive
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- swordcraft — skill in or the art of swordplay.
- swordstick — a hollow walking stick containing a short sword or dagger
- touch down — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touch wood — the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
- track down — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- twice-told — having been told before; related two times.
- unwelcomed — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- wacked-out — whacked-out.
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- war clouds — sign of trouble ahead
- war record — the recorded achievements of a soldier, sailor, airman etc in a war
- watchwords — Plural form of watchword.
- wind colic — flatulence caused by gases that result from the eating of fermenting vegetation; bloat.