9-letter words containing e, d, w
- clearweed — a plant from the nettle family
- closedown — a termination or suspension of operations; shutdown: a temporary closedown of a factory.
- cloudware — software that runs and is accessed on remote Internet servers rather than on local servers or personal computers; web-based applications and services.
- cobwebbed — A cobwebbed surface is covered with cobwebs.
- code walk — (programming) Stepping through source code as part of a code review. Where a code walk probably only follows the potential control flow of a program, a dry run is a more detailed manual execution of a program that also keeps track of the value of every variable involved.
- code word — A code word is a word or phrase that has a special meaning, different from its normal meaning, for the people who have agreed to use it in this way.
- codewords — Plural form of codeword.
- cold brew — the process of steeping coffee grounds or tea leaves in room-temperature or cold water for many hours, producing a concentrate to which more water may be added.
- cold wave — a sudden spell of low temperatures over a wide area, often following the passage of a cold front
- cold-brew — (of a drink such as tea or coffee) prepared by steeping in cold water
- cold-weld — to join (two metal surfaces) without heat by forcing them together so that the oxide films are broken and adhesion occurs
- coldwater — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- colicweed — any of several plants of the genera Dicentra or Corydalis, such as the squirrel corn and Dutchman's-breeches: family Fumariaceae
- come down — If the cost, level, or amount of something comes down, it becomes less than it was before.
- comedowns — Plural form of comedown.
- copsewood — the smallest trees, and the bushes and ferns, of a coppice
- cornrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of cornrow.
- cowardice — Cowardice is cowardly behaviour.
- cowardise — Obsolete spelling of cowardice.
- cowfeeder — a tenant of a small dairy farm
- crazyweed — locoweed
- crestwood — a city in E Missouri.
- crowdedly — In a crowded manner.
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- damn well — the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- dancewear — clothing, as leotards and tutus, designed for dancing or dance practice.
- dataviews — Graphical user interface development software from V.I.Corporation, aimed at constructing platform-independent interactive views of dynamic data.
- dawsonite — a mineral that is made up of sodium and aluminium hydrous carbonate and occurs in crystalline form
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- daywalker — (fantasy) One who can go out in the sunlight, distinguished from vampires etc. who cannot.
- dayworker — a person who works during the daytime
- dead wire — a wire that is not carrying current
- dead wood — People or things that have been used for a very long time and that are no longer considered to be useful can be referred to as dead wood.
- deadwoods — Plural form of deadwood.
- deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- death row — If someone is on death row, they are in the part of a prison which contains the cells for criminals who have been sentenced to death.
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
- deathward — having an inclination or disposition towards death
- debt swap — A debt swap is a legal agreement where two people or companies exchange their debts, often where one has a fixed interest rate and one does not.
- deep down — If you know something deep down or deep down inside, you know that it is true, but you are not always conscious of it or willing to admit it to yourself.
- deep-draw — to form (tubing, containers, etc.) by pulling strip or sheet metal between suitably formed and spaced dies. Compare cup (def 22).
- deepwater — having or taking place in deep water
- delftware — glazed earthenware, usually blue and white, which originated in Delft
- demiworld — demimonde (defs 4, 5).
- desk work — work done at a desk.
- devilwood — a variety of small broadleaf evergreen tree, Osmanthus americanus, native to the southeast US
- dew plant — sundew.
- dew point — the temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- dew snail — a slug