9-letter words containing w, a
- clearways — Plural form of clearway.
- clearweed — a plant from the nettle family
- 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
- clickwrap — an agreement made by a computer user through clicking on a particular button onscreen
- cloudware — software that runs and is accessed on remote Internet servers rather than on local servers or personal computers; web-based applications and services.
- clubwoman — a woman who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- coachwhip — a coachwhip snake
- coachwood — an Australian tree, Ceratopetalum apetalum, yielding light aromatic wood used for furniture, turnery, etc
- coachwork — the design and manufacture of car bodies
- coastward — towards the coast
- coastwise — along the coast
- cockswain — coxswain
- code walk — (programming) Stepping through source code as part of a code review. Where a code walk probably only follows the potential control flow of a program, a dry run is a more detailed manual execution of a program that also keeps track of the value of every variable involved.
- cold wave — a sudden spell of low temperatures over a wide area, often following the passage of a cold front
- cold-draw — to draw (wire, tubing, etc.) without preheating the metal.
- coldwater — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- coleslaws — Plural form of coleslaw.
- colorways — Plural form of colorway.
- colourway — one of several different combinations of colours in which a given pattern is printed on fabrics, wallpapers, etc
- come away — to become detached
- coralwort — any of various leafless orchids of the genus Corallorhiza
- 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in 1804 to protect domestic farmers against foreign competition by the imposition of a heavy duty on foreign corn: repealed in 1846
- cow shark — any large primitive shark, esp Hexanchus griseum, of the family Hexanchidae of warm and temperate waters
- cowabunga — Used to express delight or satisfaction.
- cowardice — Cowardice is cowardly behaviour.
- cowardise — Obsolete spelling of cowardice.
- cowlstaff — a staff or pole used by two people to carry a vessel, sometimes used as a weapon
- coxswains — Plural form of coxswain.
- crackdown — A crackdown is strong official action that is taken to punish people who break laws.
- craftwork — works of artistry or craft
- cramdowns — Plural form of cramdown.
- crawdaddy — crawdad.
- crazyweed — locoweed
- creamware — a type of earthenware with a deep cream body developed about 1720 and widely produced
- creamwove — (of wove paper) cream-coloured and even-surfaced
- creek war — an uprising in 1813–14 of the Creek Indians against settlers in Alabama: frontier militia from Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi under Andrew Jackson helped defeat the Creek, who ceded two-thirds of their land to the U.S.
- crew pram — concurrent read, exclusive write PRAM.
- crewmates — Plural form of crewmate.
- crewwoman — A female crewmember.
- crib-wall — a supporting wall constructed by laying cribs at right angles to each other, as in cribwork
- crimeware — (computing) Software that performs or facilitates illegal activities.
- crimewave — a period of increased criminal activity
- crosswalk — A crosswalk is a place where pedestrians can cross a street and where drivers must stop to let them cross.
- crossways — crosswise.
- crow pram — concurrent read, owner write PRAM.
- croweater — (Australia, slang) A person from South Australia.
- crown cap — an airtight metal seal crimped on the top of most bottled beers, ciders, mineral waters, etc
- crown law — criminal law
- crown saw — a hollow cylinder with cutting teeth forming a rotary saw for trepanning
- crownland — a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary