11-letter words containing c, w, a
- cankerworms — Plural form of cankerworm.
- canyon wind — a nocturnal, down-canyon flow of air caused by the cooling of the canyon walls. Compare valley wind.
- capped pawn — a pawn that has been singled out or marked by a strong player as the one with which he or she intends to effect checkmate in giving a weaker opponent odds.
- care worker — A care worker is someone whose job involves helping people who have particular problems or special needs, for example in a care home.
- carriageway — A carriageway is one side of a road on which traffic travelling in opposite directions is separated by a barrier.
- cartwheeled — Simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel.
- cartwheeler — a person who performs cartwheels
- caseworkers — Plural form of caseworker.
- cassowaries — Plural form of cassowary.
- castle walk — a ballroom dance of the pre–World War I era, consisting of a sedate step to each beat.
- casual wear — informal articles of clothing or footwear
- casual work — temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
- casual-wear — clothing designed for wear on informal occasions.
- catchweight — of or relating to a contest in which normal weight categories have been waived by agreement
- caterwauled — Simple past tense and past participle of caterwaul.
- caterwauler — to utter long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time.
- cattle show — a competitive event at which farmers show their best cattle
- cattlewoman — A woman who raises or tends cattle.
- cattlewomen — Plural form of cattlewoman.
- cattywampus — catawampus
- cauliflower — Cauliflower is a large round vegetable that has a hard white centre surrounded by green leaves.
- cavity wall — A cavity wall is a wall that consists of two separate walls with a space between them. Cavity walls help to keep out noise and cold.
- chain wheel — sprocket (def 1).
- chairwarmer — an office holder, committee member, or employee who is inactive and ineffective
- change down — When you change down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- charge with — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- charityware — careware
- charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
- cheektowaga — a town in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- chickenhawk — Also called hen hawk. (not used scientifically) any of various hawks said to prey on poultry.
- china white — a very potent form of synthetic heroin.
- chinese wax — a yellowish wax secreted by an oriental scale insect, Ceroplastes ceriferus, and used commercially
- chinwangtao — Qinhuangdao
- chittamwood — American smoke tree.
- chowderhead — a fool or an idiot
- chuck wagon — a wagon carrying provisions and cooking utensils for men, such as cowboys, who work in the open
- chuckwallas — Plural form of chuckwalla.
- churchwards — in the direction of the church
- churchwoman — a female practising member of a church
- clapperclaw — to claw or scratch with the hands and nails
- claw hammer — a hammer with a cleft at one end of the head for extracting nails
- clean sweep — an overwhelming victory
- clear water — a city in W Florida.
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- clock watch — a watch that strikes the hours. Compare repeater (def 3).
- coach screw — a large screw with a square head used in timber work in buildings, etc
- coat flower — a plant, Petrorhagia saxifraga, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having pink or white flowers in terminal branching clusters.
- cog railway — a railway for a very steep grade with traction supplied by a central cogged rail that meshes with a cogwheel on the engine
- company law — the area of law that deals with business enterprises
- companywide — Extending throughout a company.