9-letter words containing n, a, w
- brainwave — If you have a brainwave, you suddenly have a clever idea.
- brainwork — intellectual effort
- brainworm — a microscopic, parasitic roundworm that infests the brain of large hoofed animals, as deer.
- brand new — entirely new.
- brand-new — A brand-new object is completely new.
- breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- brown ale — a rich ale made with brown or dark malt
- brown bag — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
- brown fat — tissue composed of a type of fat cell that dissipates as heat most of the energy released when food is oxidized; brown adipose tissue. It is present in hibernating animals and human babies and is thought to be important in adult weight control
- brown rat — a common brownish rat, Rattus norvegicus: a serious pest in all parts of the world
- brown-bag — If you brown-bag your lunch or you brown-bag it, you bring your lunch in a bag to work or school.
- burrawang — any of several Australian cycads of the genus Macrozamia, having an edible nut
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- byrewoman — a woman who works in a byre
- call down — to request or invoke
- call-down — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- calm down — If you calm down, or if someone calms you down, you become less angry, upset, or excited.
- can't win — If you say that someone can't win in a particular situation, you mean that they are certain to fail or to suffer whatever they do.
- candlewax — The wax of a candle.
- canon law — Canon law is the law of the Christian church. It has authority only for that church and its members.
- cape town — the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- cavewoman — A prehistoric woman who lived in caves.
- cavewomen — Plural form of cavewoman.
- chain saw — A chain saw is a big saw with teeth fixed in a chain that is driven round by a motor.
- chain-saw — to cut or cut down (lumber, a tree, etc.) with a chain saw.
- chainsaws — Plural form of chainsaw.
- chainwork — any work linked or looped in the manner of or resembling a chain or chains
- changchow — a city in S Fujian province, in SE China.
- charwoman — A charwoman is a woman who is employed to clean houses or offices.
- charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
- chawbacon — an unsophisticated person of low intellect
- chinatown — Chinatown is the name given to the area in a city where there are many Chinese shops and restaurants, and which is a social centre for the Chinese community in the city.
- chinaware — articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
- chipewyan — a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
- chuanchow — a seaport in SE Fujian province, in SE China, on Taiwan Strait.
- cis woman — an adult who was born female and whose gender identity is female.
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- clearwing — any moth of the family Sesiidae (or Aegeriidae), characterized by the absence of scales from the greater part of the wings. They are day-flying and some, such as the hornet clearwing (Sesia apiformis), resemble wasps and other hymenopterans
- clubwoman — a woman who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- cockswain — coxswain
- corn laws — the laws introduced in Britain in 1804 to protect domestic farmers against foreign competition by the imposition of a heavy duty on foreign corn: repealed in 1846
- cowabunga — Used to express delight or satisfaction.
- coxswains — Plural form of coxswain.
- crackdown — A crackdown is strong official action that is taken to punish people who break laws.
- cramdowns — Plural form of cramdown.
- crewwoman — A female crewmember.
- crown cap — an airtight metal seal crimped on the top of most bottled beers, ciders, mineral waters, etc
- crown law — criminal law