9-letter words containing c, w, i
- cowboying — Present participle of cowboy.
- cowfishes — Plural form of cowfish.
- cowhiding — Present participle of cowhide.
- cowritten — to coauthor.
- coxswains — Plural form of coxswain.
- crib-wall — a supporting wall constructed by laying cribs at right angles to each other, as in cribwork
- crimeware — (computing) Software that performs or facilitates illegal activities.
- crimewave — a period of increased criminal activity
- crosswind — A crosswind is a strong wind that blows across the direction that vehicles, boats, or aircraft are travelling in, and that makes it difficult for them to keep moving steadily forward.
- crosswire — Crosshair; reticle.
- crosswise — Crosswise means diagonally across something.
- crow-bill — a type of forceps used to extract bullets, etc, from wounds
- crownings — Plural form of crowning.
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- dairy cow — a cow which is used to produce milk
- dicky bow — a bow tie
- dipswitch — (electronics, computing) A miniature switch designed to be attached to a circuit board to customize the behavior of the circuit.
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- downticks — Plural form of downtick.
- eschewing — Present participle of eschew.
- escrowing — Present participle of escrow.
- film crew — a group of people who are involved in the practical and technical business of shooting a film
- fire crew — team of fire fighters
- fish crow — a crow, Corvus ossifragus, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, that feeds on fish, mollusks, etc.
- fuck with — to have sexual intercourse with.
- glowstick — Alternative spelling of glow stick.
- greenwich — a borough in SE London, England: located on the prime meridian from which geographic longitude is measured; formerly the site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
- hick town — an insulting way of referring to a small town in the countryside that is not deemed to be very sophisticated
- hicks yew — a hybrid yew, Taxus media hicksii, having a columnar manner of growth.
- ice screw — a screwed tubular or solid steel rod with a ring at one end for inserting into ice as an anchor point
- ice water — water chilled with or as if with ice.
- ice-water — water chilled with or as if with ice.
- in escrow — a contract, deed, bond, or other written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition.
- inchworms — Plural form of inchworm.
- iowa city — a city in SE Iowa.
- kawaguchi — a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, N of Tokyo.
- kennewick — a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- kick down — vehicle: lower gear
- kickshaws — Plural form of kickshaw.
- kickwheel — a potter's wheel rotated by kicking.
- kiungchow — Qiongzhou.
- lacewings — Plural form of lacewing.
- mackinaws — Plural form of mackinaw.
- manitowoc — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- microbrew — beer brewed in a microbrewery.
- microwatt — a unit of power equal to one millionth of a watt. Symbol: μW, μ w.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- microwire — A very small diameter wire, especially one with a glass coating.
- midwicket — (cricket) a fielding position, about 40° forward of square on the leg side, between square leg and mid on.
- milch cow — milk cow.