9-letter words containing c, s, w
- stopwatch — a watch with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, used for precise timing, as in races.
- swan neck — a shallow S-curve used in decorative work.
- sway-back — an excessive downward curvature of the spinal column in the dorsal region, especially of horses.
- sweelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.
- sweepback — the shape of, or the angle formed by, an airplane wing or other airfoil the leading or trailing edge of which slopes backward from the fuselage.
- 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.
- sweptback — (of the leading edge of an airfoil) forming a markedly obtuse angle with the fuselage.
- swingback — (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology: We must fight any swingback to isolationism.
- switch on — the act or process of switching on an ignition, light, appliance, etc.
- switch-on — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switching — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- two cents — something of insignificant value; a paltry amount: We wouldn't give two cents for their chances of success.
- wackiness — odd or irrational; crazy: They had some wacky plan for selling more books.
- wainscots — Plural form of wainscot.
- waistcoat — Chiefly British. vest (def 1).
- war chest — money set aside or scheduled for a particular purpose or activity, as for a political campaign or organizational drive.
- washcloth — a small cloth for washing one's face or body.
- watchcase — the case or outer covering for the works of a watch.
- watchless — not watchful or alert; lacking in vigilance: an irresponsible and watchless sentry.
- watchlist — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- watchouts — the act of looking out for or anticipating something; lookout: Keep a watchout for dishonest behavior.
- webcaster — A person or organization that transmits a webcast over the Internet.
- well-cast — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- welsh cob — any of a breed of medium-sized riding horse, developed in Wales, with a thickset body and relatively short legs
- wenceslas — 1361–1419, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1378–1400; as Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia 1378–1419.
- wheyfaces — Plural form of wheyface.
- whimsical — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
- whipstock — the handle of a whip.
- whitecaps — Plural form of whitecap.
- who cares — I don't care
- wholistic — holism.
- wickedest — evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- wide scsi — (hardware, standard) A variant on the SCSI-2 interface. It uses a 16-bit bus - double the width of the original SCSI-1 - and therefore cannot be connected to a SCSI-1 bus. It supports transfer rates up to 20 MB/s, like Fast SCSI. There is also a SCSI-2 definition of Wide-SCSI with a 32 bit data bus. This allows up to 40 megabytes per second but is very rarely used because it requires a large number of wires (118 wires on two connectors). Thus Wide SCSI usually means 16 bit-wide SCSI.
- wieschaus — Eric, born 1947, U.S.-born biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
- wildcards — Plural form of wildcard.
- windchest — a chamber containing the air supply for the reeds or pipes of an organ.
- windscale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
- windsocks — Plural form of windsock.
- wine cask — a strong wooden barrel used to hold wine
- wing case — elytron.
- wing-case — elytron.
- wingbacks — Plural form of wingback.
- wisconsin — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,154 sq. mi. (145,440 sq. km). Capital: Madison. Abbreviation: WI (for use with zip code), Wis., Wisc.
- wiseacres — Plural form of wiseacre.
- wisecrack — a smart or facetious remark.
- witticise — (ambitransitive) To express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms.
- witticism — a witty remark or sentence.
- woodchats — Plural form of woodchat.