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9-letter words containing c, w, a

  • cape town — the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)
  • cape work — the skillful practice of a bullfighter in using a cape to maneuver a bull.
  • carraways — Plural form of carraway.
  • cartwheel — If you do a cartwheel, you do a fast, circular movement with your body. You fall sideways, put your hands on the ground, swing your legs over, and return to a standing position.
  • case-work — the work of investigation, advice, supervision, etc., by social workers or the like, in cases handled by them.
  • caseworms — Plural form of caseworm.
  • cash flow — The cash flow of a firm or business is the movement of money into and out of it.
  • cassowary — any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius, inhabiting forests in NE Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, having a horny head crest, black plumage, and brightly coloured neck and wattles: order Casuariiformes
  • cast away — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
  • cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
  • castaways — Plural form of castaway.
  • cat's paw — a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool.
  • cat's-paw — a person used by another as a tool; dupe
  • catchweed — a weedy plant with a prickly stem
  • catchword — A catchword is a word or phrase that becomes popular or well-known, for example, because it is associated with a political campaign.
  • catchwork — A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
  • caterwaul — If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
  • causeways — Plural form of causeway.
  • cavewoman — A prehistoric woman who lived in caves.
  • cavewomen — Plural form of cavewoman.
  • cedarwood — the wood of a cedar tree
  • cell wall — the outer layer of a cell, esp the structure in plant cells that consists of cellulose, lignin, etc, and gives mechanical support to the cell
  • cellarway — the entrance leading into a cellar
  • cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
  • chafeweed — wood cudweed.
  • chain saw — A chain saw is a big saw with teeth fixed in a chain that is driven round by a motor.
  • chain-saw — to cut or cut down (lumber, a tree, etc.) with a chain saw.
  • chainsaws — Plural form of chainsaw.
  • chainwork — any work linked or looped in the manner of or resembling a chain or chains
  • changchow — a city in S Fujian province, in SE China.
  • chartwell — a house near Westerham in Kent: home for 40 years of Sir Winston Churchill
  • charwoman — A charwoman is a woman who is employed to clean houses or offices.
  • charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
  • chat show — A chat show is a television or radio show in which people talk in a friendly, informal way about different topics.
  • chawbacon — an unsophisticated person of low intellect
  • chickasaw — a member of a Native American people of N Mississippi
  • chinatown — Chinatown is the name given to the area in a city where there are many Chinese shops and restaurants, and which is a social centre for the Chinese community in the city.
  • chinaware — articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
  • chipewyan — a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
  • chippeway — Chippewa.
  • chow hall — canteen, refectory
  • chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
  • chuanchow — a seaport in SE Fujian province, in SE China, on Taiwan Strait.
  • churchway — a road that leads to a church
  • cis woman — an adult who was born female and whose gender identity is female.
  • civil law — Civil law is the part of a country's set of laws which is concerned with the private affairs of citizens, for example marriage and property ownership, rather than with crime.
  • civil war — A civil war is a war which is fought between different groups of people who live in the same country.
  • clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
  • classwork — school assignments done in the classroom
  • claw back — If someone claws back some of the money or power they had lost, they get some of it back again.
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