10-letter words containing w, a, d
- candlewood — the resinous wood of any of several trees, used for torches and candle substitutes
- carpetweed — an annual weed, Mollugo verticillata, native to North America, which produces small white flowers
- cashdrawer — a drawer, as in a cash register, that has separate compartments for coins and bills of different denominations.
- catchwords — Plural form of catchword.
- chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
- chinwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag.
- chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
- churchward — in the direction of the church
- clamp down — To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
- clamp-down — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- clampdowns — Plural form of clampdown.
- coastwards — in the direction of the coast
- codewalker — (programming, tool) A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
- codswallop — If you describe something that someone has just said as codswallop, you mean that you think it is nonsense.
- cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
- cold-drawn — (of metal wire, bars, etc) having been drawn unheated through a die to reduce dimensions, toughen, and improve surface finish
- cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
- cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
- cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
- crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
- crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
- cradlewalk — a garden walkway covered by arched trees
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- crown land — (in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
- crownbeard — any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
- dairywoman — a woman who owns, manages, or works in a dairy.
- dairywomen — Plural form of dairywoman.
- daisywheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- dawes plan — a plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I, devised by an international committee headed by Charles Gates Dawes and put into effect in 1924.
- dawn horse — eohippus.
- de la warr — Baron, title of Thomas West, known as Lord Delaware. 1577–1618, English administrator in America; first governor of Virginia (1610)
- dead water — water eddying beside a moving hull, especially directly astern.
- deadweight — (of a shot) leaving the other balls in the ideal position
- death blow — If you say that an event or action deals a death blow to something such as a plan or hope, or is a death blow to something, you mean that it puts an end to it.
- death wish — A death wish is a conscious or unconscious desire to die or be killed.
- deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
- deathwatch — a vigil held beside a dying or dead person
- deck watch — (on a ship) a precision watch used on deck for navigational purposes to avoid disturbing the chronometer.
- decree-law — an executive decree made pursuant to a delegation from the legislature and having the full force of legislation.
- deep water — having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
- delawarean — of or relating to the state of Delaware or its inhabitants
- delta wave — any of the slowest electrical brain waves, having frequencies less than four hertz and indicating, in adults, deep sleep or brain disease
- delta wing — a triangular sweptback aircraft wing
- despawning — Present participle of despawn.
- dewatering — the act of removing water
- dinnerware — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
- disallowed — Forbidden.
- disavowing — Present participle of disavow.
- dishwasher — a person who washes dishes.
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.