9-letter words containing w, a
- carraways — Plural form of carraway.
- cartwheel — If you do a cartwheel, you do a fast, circular movement with your body. You fall sideways, put your hands on the ground, swing your legs over, and return to a standing position.
- case-work — the work of investigation, advice, supervision, etc., by social workers or the like, in cases handled by them.
- caseworms — Plural form of caseworm.
- cash flow — The cash flow of a firm or business is the movement of money into and out of it.
- cassowary — any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius, inhabiting forests in NE Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, having a horny head crest, black plumage, and brightly coloured neck and wattles: order Casuariiformes
- cast away — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- castaways — Plural form of castaway.
- cat's paw — a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool.
- cat's-paw — a person used by another as a tool; dupe
- catchweed — a weedy plant with a prickly stem
- catchword — A catchword is a word or phrase that becomes popular or well-known, for example, because it is associated with a political campaign.
- catchwork — A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
- caterwaul — If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
- causeways — Plural form of causeway.
- cavewoman — A prehistoric woman who lived in caves.
- cavewomen — Plural form of cavewoman.
- cedarwood — the wood of a cedar tree
- cell wall — the outer layer of a cell, esp the structure in plant cells that consists of cellulose, lignin, etc, and gives mechanical support to the cell
- cellarway — the entrance leading into a cellar
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- chafeweed — wood cudweed.
- 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.
- chartwell — a house near Westerham in Kent: home for 40 years of Sir Winston Churchill
- charwoman — A charwoman is a woman who is employed to clean houses or offices.
- charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
- chat show — A chat show is a television or radio show in which people talk in a friendly, informal way about different topics.
- chawbacon — an unsophisticated person of low intellect
- chickasaw — a member of a Native American people of N Mississippi
- 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
- chippeway — Chippewa.
- chow hall — canteen, refectory
- chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
- chuanchow — a seaport in SE Fujian province, in SE China, on Taiwan Strait.
- churchway — a road that leads to a church
- cis woman — an adult who was born female and whose gender identity is female.
- civil law — Civil law is the part of a country's set of laws which is concerned with the private affairs of citizens, for example marriage and property ownership, rather than with crime.
- civil war — A civil war is a war which is fought between different groups of people who live in the same country.
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- classwork — school assignments done in the classroom
- claw back — If someone claws back some of the money or power they had lost, they get some of it back again.
- claw foot — a foot with claws.
- clawbacks — Plural form of clawback.