9-letter words containing c, r, o, w, e
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- microwire — A very small diameter wire, especially one with a glass coating.
- newcomers — Plural form of newcomer.
- oceanward — Toward the ocean.
- overcrowd — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- overwatch — to watch over.
- piecework — work done and paid for by the piece.
- power cut — break in electricity supply
- power mac — (computer) Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. The Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver 2002) was the first Power Mac to clock at 1 GHz. In mid-2003, the Power Mac G5 was released, the first Mac to be based on a 64-bit architecture. IBM manufactured the CPU for this new model. The clock speed was initially 1.6 GHz but a dual 2 GHz system was available in September. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Mac systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. The performance of these unmodified applications is equivalent to a fast 68040-based Macintosh, e.g. a fast Macintosh Quadra. The Power Mac runs Macintosh operating system from System 7.5 to Mac OS 8.5.
- raw score — the original score, as of a test, before it is statistically adjusted.
- rice bowl — deep dish for rice
- rock wren — an American wren, Salpinctes obsoletus, inhabiting the foothills, badlands, and mesa country of the western U.S. and Mexico.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- scalework — an ornamentation technique used to depict scales on fish or other creatures
- scarecrow — an object, usually a figure of a person in old clothes, set up to frighten crows or other birds away from crops.
- screw off — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- screw top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- screw you — expressing contempt
- screw-off — a loafer; idler.
- screw-top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- screwworm — the larva of any of certain flies of the genus Callitroga, which sometimes infests wounds and the nose and navel of domestic animals and humans.
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- sweetcorn — Sweetcorn is a long rounded vegetable covered in small yellow seeds. It is part of the maize plant. The seeds themselves can also be referred to as sweetcorn.
- the crowd — the common people; the masses
- uncrowded — filled to excess; packed.
- uncrowned — not crowned; not having yet assumed the crown.
- werowance — (historical) A chief of an American Indian tribe in colonial Virginia and Maryland.
- who cares — I don't care
- woodscrew — any of various screws that have a slotted head and a gimlet point that permit them to be driven into wood with a screwdriver.
- worcester — Joseph Emerson, 1784–1865, U.S. lexicographer.
- workbench — a sturdy table at which an artisan works.
- workforce — the total number of workers in a specific undertaking: a holiday for the company's work force.
- workpiece — a piece of work being machined.
- workplace — a person's place of employment.
- workspace — space used or required for one's work, as in an office or home.