9-letter words containing n, o, w
- brown owl — nocturnal bird of prey
- brown rat — a common brownish rat, Rattus norvegicus: a serious pest in all parts of the world
- brown rot — a disease of apples, peaches, etc, caused by fungi of the genus Sclerotinia and characterized by yellowish-brown masses of spores on the plant surface
- brown-bag — If you brown-bag your lunch or you brown-bag it, you bring your lunch in a bag to work or school.
- brownwood — a city in central Texas.
- builddown — a planned numerical reduction, esp of nuclear weapons where, for every new weapon built, two or more older weapons are destroyed
- burn down — If a building burns down or if someone burns it down, it is completely destroyed by fire.
- burrowing — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- byrewoman — a woman who works in a byre
- bytownite — a rare plagioclase found in alkaline igneous rocks
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- chengchow — Zhengzhou
- 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.
- chop down — If you chop down a tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground.
- chow down — If you chow down on something, you eat a large amount of it quickly and with enthusiasm.
- chow mein — Chow mein is a Chinese-style dish that consists of fried noodles, cooked meat, and vegetables.
- chowhound — a greedy person or a person who loves eating
- 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.
- climbdown — A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
- closedown — a termination or suspension of operations; shutdown: a temporary closedown of a factory.
- clownfish — any of several brightly coloured striped fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- clownlike — Resembling a clown or some aspect of clowns.
- clubwoman — a woman who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- clubwomen — Plural form of clubwoman.
- co-winner — one of two or more joint winners.
- cockswain — coxswain
- come down — If the cost, level, or amount of something comes down, it becomes less than it was before.
- comedowns — Plural form of comedown.
- cookstown — a district of central Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 33 387 (2003 est). Area: 622 sq km (240 sq miles)
- cool down — If someone cools down or if you cool them down, they become less angry than they were.
- copy down — If you copy down something that someone has said or written, you write it down exactly.
- 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
- corn snow — granular snow formed by alternate freezing and thawing
- cornrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of cornrow.
- countdown — A countdown is the counting aloud of numbers in reverse order before something happens, especially before a spacecraft is launched.