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10-letter words containing c, w, a

  • cartwheels — Plural form of cartwheel.
  • cartwright — a person who makes carts
  • caseworker — A caseworker is someone who does casework.
  • cashdrawer — a drawer, as in a cash register, that has separate compartments for coins and bills of different denominations.
  • cashew nut — edible nut
  • casualwear — clothing designed for wear on informal occasions.
  • cat's meow — Slang. someone or something wonderful or remarkable.
  • cat's-claw — an acacia shrub (Acacia greggii) native to the Southwest and northern Mexico, having spikes of yellow flowers and thorns resembling claws
  • catawampus — askew; awry
  • catchwater — a drain or ditch which catches water
  • catchwords — Plural form of catchword.
  • caterwauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caterwaul.
  • catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
  • censorware — (computing) Software or hardware used to filter content on the Internet or block Internet access or restrict the running of applications or computer usage. Content filtering software, or a component in an operating system or console used to disable reception of media on the basis of content believed to be objectionable.
  • chain-work — any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.
  • chainwheel — a toothed wheel that meshes with a roller chain to transmit motion
  • chairwoman — The chairwoman of a meeting, committee, or organization is the woman in charge of it.
  • chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
  • chase away — If someone or something chases away worries, fears, or other bad feelings, they cause those feelings to change and become happier.
  • chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
  • chilliwack — city in S British Columbia, Canada: pop. 60,000
  • china-ware — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
  • chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
  • chinwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag.
  • chip wagon — a small van in which chips are cooked and sold
  • chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
  • chuck away — If you chuck something away, you throw it away or waste it.
  • chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
  • chuckwalla — a lizard, Sauromalus obesus, that has an inflatable body and inhabits desert regions of the southwestern US: family Iguanidae (iguanas)
  • churchward — in the direction of the church
  • chwang-tse — Chuang-tzu (def 1).
  • clamp down — To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
  • clamp-down — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
  • clampdowns — Plural form of clampdown.
  • clanswoman — a woman belonging to a clan
  • clausewitz — Karl von (karl fɔn). 1780–1831, Prussian general, noted for his works on military strategy, esp Vom Kriege (1833)
  • clawhammer — denoting a style of plucking the strings of a banjo in which the hand forms a clawlike shape
  • clean wool — wool that has been scoured to remove wax
  • clear away — When you clear things away or clear away, you put away the things that you have been using, especially for eating or cooking.
  • clearwater — city in WC Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico: suburb of St. Petersburg: pop. 109,000
  • clearwings — Plural form of clearwing.
  • click-wrap — a license agreement that appears as an icon during the setup of a software program or online service and must be clicked on to agree to its terms.
  • club wheat — a wheat, Triticum compactum, characterized by compact, club-shaped spikes, used for making pastry flour and the like.
  • coastwards — in the direction of the coast
  • coatsworth — Elizabeth, 1893–1986, U.S. writer, especially of children's books.
  • codewalker — (programming, tool)   A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
  • codswallop — If you describe something that someone has just said as codswallop, you mean that you think it is nonsense.
  • cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
  • cold-drawn — (of metal wire, bars, etc) having been drawn unheated through a die to reduce dimensions, toughen, and improve surface finish
  • cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
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