6-letter words containing c, w
- cowpox — a contagious viral disease of cows characterized by vesicles on the skin, esp on the teats and udder. Inoculation of humans with this virus provides temporary immunity to smallpox. It can be transmitted to other species, esp cats
- cowrie — any marine gastropod mollusc of the mostly tropical family Cypraeidae, having a glossy brightly marked shell with an elongated opening
- cowsel — COntrolled Working SpacE Language. Burstall and Popplestone, U Edinburgh, 1964-66. LISP-like semantics with FORTH-like stack, and reverse Polish syntax. Forerunner of POP. EPU-R-12, U Edinburgh (Apr 1966).
- cracow — an industrial city in S Poland, on the River Vistula: former capital of the country (1320–1609); university (1364). Pop: 822 000 (2005 est)
- crakow — poulaine.
- crawls — Plural form of crawl.
- crawly — feeling or causing a sensation like creatures crawling on one's skin
- crewed — (especially of an aircraft, ship, or spacecraft) operated by a crew on board.
- crewel — a loosely twisted worsted yarn, used in fancy work and embroidery
- crowds — Plural form of crowd.
- crowdy — a dish of meal, especially oatmeal and water, or sometimes milk, stirred together; gruel; brose; porridge.
- crowea — an Australian shrub of the genus Crowea, having pink flowers
- crowed — to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
- crower — to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
- crowne — Obsolete spelling of crown.
- crowns — Plural form of crown.
- curfew — A curfew is a law stating that people must stay inside their houses after a particular time at night, for example during a war.
- curlew — A curlew is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near water and have a very distinctive cry.
- curnow — (Thomas) Allen (Monro). 1911–2001, New Zealand poet and anthologist
- cushaw — a variety of crookneck squash (Cucurbita moschata) similar to the pumpkin
- cywydd — a form of meter in Welsh poetry consisting of rhyming couplets, each line having seven syllables: first used in the 14th century.
- declaw — to remove the claws from (an animal or bird)
- decrew — to become less or weaker
- dogcow — /dog'kow/ See Moof.
- ecowas — Economic Community of West African States.
- eschew — Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
- escrow — A bond, deed, or other document kept in the custody of a third party, taking effect only when a specified condition has been fulfilled.
- gweduc — geoduck.
- hawick — a town in SE Scotland, in S central Scottish Borders: knitwear industry. Pop: 14 573 (2001)
- inwick — to perform a curling stroke in which the stone bounces off another stone and stops close to the tee
- kwacha — a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Malawi, equal to 100 tambala. Abbreviation: K.
- lechwe — an African antelope, Kobus leche, related to the waterbuck, inhabiting wet, grassy plains: a threatened species.
- luchow — Luzhou.
- macaws — Plural form of macaw.
- mcewan — Ian (Russell). born 1948, British novelist and short-story writer. His books include First Love, Last Rites (1975), The Child in Time (1987), The Innocent (1990), Amsterdam (which won the Booker prize in 1998), Atonement (2001), Saturday (2005), and On Chesil Beach (2007)
- mcewen — Sir John. 1900–80, Australian politician; prime minister of Australia (1967–68)
- mcgraw — John Joseph, 1873–1934, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- moscow — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow. Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- rechew — to chew (food, etc) again
- schwag — low-quality marijuana.
- schwyz — a canton in central Switzerland, bordering on the Lake of Lucerne. 350 sq. mi. (900 sq. km).
- scowed — any of various vessels having a flat-bottomed rectangular hull with sloping ends, built in various sizes with or without means of propulsion, as barges, punts, rowboats, or sailboats.
- scrawl — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- scrawm — to scratch
- scrawp — to scratch (the skin) to relieve itching
- screws — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- screwy — crazy; nutty: I think you're screwy, refusing an invitation to the governor's dinner.
- sowcar — a Hindu banker.
- suchow — a city in N Jiangsu province, in E China.
- swatch — a sample of cloth or other material.