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10-letter words containing w, a, r

  • camberwell — a former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Southwark.
  • cameo ware — jasper ware with applied decoration of classical motifs, resembling a cameo
  • camerawork — The camerawork in a film is the way it has been filmed, especially if the style is interesting or unusual in some way.
  • cankerworm — the larva of either of two geometrid moths, Paleacrita vernata or Alsophila pometaria, which feed on and destroy fruit and shade trees in North America
  • cape wrath — a promontory at the NW extremity of the Scottish mainland
  • cape-wrath — Cape, a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.
  • car-worker — a person who works in the car industry
  • carl lewis — Carl (Frederick Carlton Lewis) born 1961, U.S. track and field athlete.
  • carpetweed — an annual weed, Mollugo verticillata, native to North America, which produces small white flowers
  • carry away — to remove forcefully
  • cartwheels — Plural form of cartwheel.
  • cartwright — a person who makes carts
  • caseworker — A caseworker is someone who does casework.
  • cashdrawer — a drawer, as in a cash register, that has separate compartments for coins and bills of different denominations.
  • casualwear — clothing designed for wear on informal occasions.
  • catchwater — a drain or ditch which catches water
  • catchwords — Plural form of catchword.
  • caterwauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caterwaul.
  • catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
  • censorware — (computing) Software or hardware used to filter content on the Internet or block Internet access or restrict the running of applications or computer usage. Content filtering software, or a component in an operating system or console used to disable reception of media on the basis of content believed to be objectionable.
  • chain-work — any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.
  • chairwoman — The chairwoman of a meeting, committee, or organization is the woman in charge of it.
  • chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
  • china-ware — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
  • chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
  • chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
  • churchward — in the direction of the church
  • clawhammer — denoting a style of plucking the strings of a banjo in which the hand forms a clawlike shape
  • clear away — When you clear things away or clear away, you put away the things that you have been using, especially for eating or cooking.
  • clearwater — city in WC Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico: suburb of St. Petersburg: pop. 109,000
  • clearwings — Plural form of clearwing.
  • click-wrap — a license agreement that appears as an icon during the setup of a software program or online service and must be clicked on to agree to its terms.
  • coastwards — in the direction of the coast
  • coatsworth — Elizabeth, 1893–1986, U.S. writer, especially of children's books.
  • 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."
  • 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
  • colourwash — a coloured distemper
  • contraflow — A contraflow is a situation in which vehicles travelling on a main road in one direction have to use lanes that are normally used by traffic travelling in the opposite direction, because the road is being repaired.
  • copperware — Articles made from copper.
  • cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
  • cornwallis — Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis. 1738–1805, British general in the War of American Independence: commanded forces defeated at Yorktown (1781): defeated Tipu Sahib (1791): governor general of Bengal (1786–93, 1805): negotiated the Treaty of Amiens (1801)
  • counterwar — War waged in response to another war.
  • courseware — computer software designed to be used in an educational course
  • cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
  • cowcatcher — a metal frame on the front of a locomotive to clear the track of animals or other obstructions
  • cowfeteria — a calf feeder with multiple teats
  • crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
  • crack wise — to joke or gibe
  • crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
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