9-letter words containing c, w, i
- northwich — a town in NW England, in Cheshire: salt and chemical industries. Pop: 39 568 (2001)
- piecewise — denoting that a function has a specified property, as smoothness or continuity, on each of a finite number of pieces into which its domain is divided: a piecewise continuous function; a piecewise differentiable curve.
- piecework — work done and paid for by the piece.
- pinwrench — wrench with a projection to fit a hole
- prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
- prestwick — international airport in W Scotland.
- price war — intensive competition, especially among retailers, in which prices are repeatedly cut in order to undersell competitors or sometimes to force smaller competitors out of business.
- prickwood — the dense wood of the spindle tree, used for making skewers
- quickdraw — (climbing) A set of two carabiners connected by a strap.
- rice bowl — deep dish for rice
- rice wine — sake: for drinking
- salic law — a code of laws of the Salian Franks and other Germanic tribes, especially a provision in this code excluding females from the inheritance of land.
- scarfwise — in the manner of a scarf
- schleswig — a seaport in N Germany, on the Baltic.
- schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
- scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- scrimshaw — a carved or engraved article, especially of whale ivory, whalebone, walrus tusks, or the like, made by whalers as a leisure occupation.
- shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- showpiece — something that is displayed or exhibited.
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- smethwick — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- sosnowiec — a city in S Poland.
- spicewood — spicebush (def 1).
- stickweed — the ragweed.
- stickwork — a player's degree of competence or proficiency as a baseball batter, hockey or lacrosse player, etc.: Frequent practice improved his stickwork.
- sweelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.
- swingback — (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology: We must fight any swingback to isolationism.
- switch on — the act or process of switching on an ignition, light, appliance, etc.
- switch-on — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switching — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- the which — a longer form of which, often used as a sentence connector
- tick away — time: pass
- twitchily — in a twitchy manner; nervously
- two-piece — having or consisting of two parts or pieces, especially two matching pieces of a clothing ensemble: a two-piece bathing suit.
- unwincing — that does not wince; unflinching; fearless.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- watchlist — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- water ice — ice formed by direct freezing of fresh or salt water, and not by compacting of snow.
- waterpick — a portable electric appliance that uses a stream of water under force to remove food particles from between the teeth and to massage the gums.
- weedicide — A chemical weedkiller.
- welcoming — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- whichever — no matter which: whichever day; whichever ones you choose.
- whickered — Simple past tense and past participle of whicker.
- whimsical — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.