8-letter words containing c, w
- ice wine — any white dessert wine produced from grapes that are kept on the vine until the first deep frost and typically pressed while still frozen.
- icewines — Plural form of icewine.
- ichikawa — a city on E Honshu, in Japan, NE of Tokyo.
- in-crowd — in-group (def 1).
- inchworm — measuringworm.
- itchweed — a hellebore, Veratrum album, that is native to Europe
- jackdaws — Plural form of jackdaw.
- jim crow — racial segregation
- jim-crow — favoring or supporting Jim Crow.
- katowice — a city in S Poland.
- kiaochow — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
- kickshaw — a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
- kingchow — former name of Jiangling.
- kweichow — Guizhou.
- lacewing — any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper-colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- lacewood — the quartersawed wood of the sycamore tree.
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- lawcourt — a court of law
- lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- lock-jaw — tetanus in which the jaws become firmly locked together; trismus.
- lockaway — an investment intended to be held for a relatively long time
- lockdown — the confining of prisoners to their cells, as following a riot or other disturbance.
- lockwood — Belva Ann Bennett [bel-vuh] /ˈbɛl və/ (Show IPA), 1830–1917, U.S. lawyer and women's-rights activist.
- locoweed — any of various leguminous plants of the genera Astragalus and Oxytropis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, causing locoism in sheep, horses, etc.
- low tech — low-technology.
- low-carb — containing few or fewer carbohydrates: a low-carb diet.
- low-cost — able to be purchased or acquired at relatively little cost: low-cost life insurance; low-cost housing.
- low-tech — low-technology.
- mackinaw — a short double-breasted coat of a thick woolen material, commonly plaid.
- male cow — a bull.
- mcdowell — Ephraim, 1771–1830, U.S. surgeon.
- micawber — a person who idles and trusts to fortune
- midwatch — middle watch.
- milk cow — a cow that is raised for its milk rather than for beef.
- muckworm — (not in technical use) the larva of any of several insects, as the dung beetle, which lives in or beneath manure.
- neckdown — An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
- neckwear — articles of dress worn round or at the neck.
- neckweed — a type of flowering weed (Veronica peregrine) native to North America
- new chum — a recent British immigrant
- new city — a city in SE New York.
- new face — Someone who is new in a particular public role can be referred to as a new face.
- new-rich — newly or suddenly wealthy.
- newcombe — John (David). born 1944, Australian tennis player; winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles (1967–75), including three at Wimbledon (1967, 1970, 1971)
- newcomen — Thomas, 1663–1729, English inventor.
- newcomer — a person or thing that has recently arrived; new arrival: She is a newcomer to our city. The firm is a newcomer in the field of advertising.
- newscast — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- newsclip — A very high level language designed for writing netnews filters. It translates into C. It includes support for various newsreaders. Version 1.01 includes a translator from NewsClip to C, examples and documentation. NewsClip was written by Looking Glass Software Ltd. and is distributed and used by ClariNet Communications Corporation It is only supported for ClariNet customers. Output of the filters may not be sold and donation for use of this program is hinted at. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- nowhence — from no place; from nowhere
- on watch — If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.