8-letter words containing w, c, d
- declawed — Simple past tense and past participle of declaw.
- decwrite — DEC's CDA-based, WYSIWYG document processing application. It can generate and import SGML marked-up documents.
- dew cell — an electrical instrument for measuring the dew point.
- dew claw — a functionless claw of some dogs, not reaching the ground in walking.
- dewclaws — Plural form of dewclaw.
- discrown — to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- doctorow — E(dgar) L(aurence) born 1931, U.S. author and editor.
- dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- downcome — a downcomer.
- downtick — a decline or deterioration in business activity, in mood, etc.
- drawback — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- drawcard — drawing card.
- duckwalk — Walk with the body in a squatting posture.
- duckweed — any plant of the family Lemnaceae, especially of the genus Lemna, comprising small aquatic plants that float free on still water.
- ductwork — a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
- eschewed — Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
- escrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of escrow.
- facedown — with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
- faceward — Toward the face.
- hardwick — Elizabeth, 1916–2007, U.S. novelist and critic.
- herdwick — a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
- in-crowd — in-group (def 1).
- itchweed — a hellebore, Veratrum album, that is native to Europe
- jackdaws — Plural form of jackdaw.
- kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
- lacewood — the quartersawed wood of the sycamore tree.
- lockdown — the confining of prisoners to their cells, as following a riot or other disturbance.
- lockwood — Belva Ann Bennett [bel-vuh] /ˈbɛl və/ (Show IPA), 1830–1917, U.S. lawyer and women's-rights activist.
- locoweed — any of various leguminous plants of the genera Astragalus and Oxytropis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, causing locoism in sheep, horses, etc.
- mcdowell — Ephraim, 1771–1830, U.S. surgeon.
- midwatch — middle watch.
- neckdown — An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
- neckweed — a type of flowering weed (Veronica peregrine) native to North America
- outcrowd — to crowd out or exclude
- packwood — Bob, born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1969–95.
- randwick — a city in E New South Wales, SE Australia, on Botany Bay and the Pacific Ocean: a suburb of Sydney.
- richweed — clearweed.
- rockweed — a fucoid seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide.
- sandwich — a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
- scrawled — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- sedgwick — Ellery, 1872–1960, U.S. journalist and editor.
- switched — a hairpiece consisting of a bunch or tress of long hair or some substitute, fastened together at one end and worn by women to supplement their own hair.
- twichild — a person who is experiencing a second childhood
- twitched — to tug or pull at with a quick, short movement; pluck: She twitched him by the sleeve.
- unchewed — not chewed
- unclawed — not mauled, scratched, or otherwise damaged by claws
- uncrewed — lacking a crew
- waldwick — a city in N New Jersey.
- wardcorn — a payment of corn in the feudal law system