9-letter words containing c, w, a
- show card — an advertising placard or card.
- showcased — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- showmance — a romance between two stars that only lasts for the run of the show
- showplace — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- skew arch — an arch, as at the entrance to a tunnel, having sides, or jambs, that are not at right angles with the face.
- slowcoach — a slowpoke.
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
- snow crab — an edible spider crab of the North Pacific, Chionoecetes opilio, commercially important as a frozen seafood product.
- snow-clad — covered with snow.
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- sock away — to strike or hit hard.
- space law — the projected law that would govern the use of outer space by various nations based on certain treaties.
- spacewalk — a task or mission performed by an astronaut outside a spacecraft in space.
- spaceward — going into space
- speechway — a pattern, style, or feature of spoken language shared by the people of a particular group or area.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- tack claw — a small hand tool having a handle with a claw at one end for removing tacks.
- tack-weld — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- throwback — an act of throwing back.
- tick away — time: pass
- top whack — the maximum price
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- tuck away — to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- two-a-cat — two old cat.
- two-faced — having two faces.
- two-track — an oblique movement of a horse in which the forehand and hindquarters move on two distinct parallel tracks and the body is maintained uniformly in the direction of the movement.
- unwatched — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- 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).
- walachian — of or relating to the former SE European principality of Walachia (now part of Romania) or its inhabitants
- walbrzych — a city in SW Poland, in Silesia.
- walcheren — an island in SW Netherlands: part of Zeeland province. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
- wall rock — the rock forming the walls of a vein.
- wallachia — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- wallchart — (education) A large informational chart, typically hung on the wall of a classroom.
- wanchancy — unlucky
- war chest — money set aside or scheduled for a particular purpose or activity, as for a political campaign or organizational drive.
- war cloud — something that threatens war; a harbinger of conflict.
- war crime — Usually, war crimes. crimes committed against an enemy, prisoners of war, or subjects in wartime that violate international agreements or, as in the case of genocide, are offenses against humanity.
- war dance — a dance preliminary to going into battle or in celebration of a victory, as formerly among American Indians.
- warlockry — witchcraft
- washcloth — a small cloth for washing one's face or body.