10-letter words containing c, w, a
- pawnticket — a ticket or receipt for a pawned item
- peach-blow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- pitchwoman — a female pitchman
- power pack — a device for converting the voltage from a power line or battery to the various voltages required by the components of an electronic circuit.
- public law — Also called public act, public statute. a law or statute of a general character that applies to the people of a whole state or nation.
- punic wars — three wars (264–241 bc, 218–201 bc, and 149–146 bc), in which Rome crushed Carthaginian power, destroying Carthage itself
- quick draw — a game or competition in which the winner is the quickest person to draw a handgun from a holster and sometimes to fire it and hit a target.
- quickwater — the part of a river or other stream having a strong current.
- racewalker — a person who participates in racewalking
- sacred cow — an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning.
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- 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.
- scapa flow — an area of water off the N coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: British naval base; German warships scuttled 1919.
- scapewheel — escape wheel.
- scare away — frighten off sb, sth
- scharwenka — (Ludwig) Philipp [loot-vikh fee-lip] /ˈlut vɪx ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, German composer.
- schoolward — towards or in the direction of school
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- 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.
- scotswoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- screw axis — a symmetry element of a space group such that a rotation of the lattice about the axis and a translation of the lattice some fraction of the lattice's unit distance brings the lattice back to its original position.
- screw bean — a tree, Prosopis pubescens, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., bearing twisted pods used as fodder.
- screw jack — jackscrew.
- screw nail — drive screw.
- screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- scroll saw — a narrow saw mounted vertically in a frame and operated with an up-and-down motion, used for cutting curved ornamental designs.
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- 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
- shock wave — a region of abrupt change of pressure and density moving as a wave front at or above the velocity of sound, caused by an intense explosion or supersonic flow over a body.
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
- slow coach — a slowpoke.
- slow march — a march in slow time
- slow match — a slow-burning match or fuse, often consisting of a rope or cord soaked in a solution of saltpeter.
- smack down — to humble or reprimand (someone who is overstepping bounds)
- smartwatch — a computing device that resembles a wristwatch and is attached to a band worn around the wrist: Get email and text message notifications on your smartwatch.
- snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
- social war — Greek History. the war between Athens and its confederates, 357–355 b.c.
- space walk — When an astronaut goes on a space walk, he or she leaves the spacecraft and works outside it while floating in space.
- spacewoman — a woman astronaut.
- swampscott — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- swarm cell — the amebalike germinated spore cell of myxomycetes.
- swatchbook — a booklet containing samples (of paper, cloth, etc)
- swaybacked — having the back sagged to an unusual degree; having a sway-back.
- sweat sock — one of a pair of socks made of thick, absorbent cotton, wool, or other material and worn during exercise, sports, leisure activity, etc.
- swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.