10-letter words containing w, c, r
- cheesewire — a piece of wire used for cutting cheese
- 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.
- close work — work that involves focusing your eyes on a nearby object, such as a book or computer screen, for a prolonged period of time
- coastwards — in the direction of the coast
- coatsworth — Elizabeth, 1893–1986, U.S. writer, especially of children's books.
- cobwebbery — the texture of cobwebs
- 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
- coneflower — any North American plant of the genera Rudbeckia, Ratibida, and Echinacea, which have rayed flowers with a conelike centre: family Asteraceae (composites)
- 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.
- copperwork — a place where copper is worked
- copperworm — a shipworm, Teredo navalis
- copywriter — A copywriter is a person whose job is to write the words for advertisements.
- cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
- corkscrews — Plural form of corkscrew.
- corkscrewy — Resembling the worm of a corkscrew in shape.
- cornerwise — with a corner in front; diagonally
- cornflower — Cornflowers are small plants with flowers that are usually blue.
- 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
- coursework — written or oral work completed by a student within a given period, which is assessed as an integral part of an educational course
- cow killer — a large velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) of the S and E U.S.: the wingless female has a powerful sting
- cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
- cowberries — Plural form of cowberry.
- cowcatcher — a metal frame on the front of a locomotive to clear the track of animals or other obstructions
- coweringly — in a cowering manner
- cowfeteria — a calf feeder with multiple teats
- cowpersons — Plural form of cowperson.
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- 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.
- cradlewalk — a garden walkway covered by arched trees
- craft brew — an all-malt or nearly all-malt specialty beer usually brewed in a small, regional brewery.
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- crawlspace — (in a building) an area accessible by crawling, having a clearance less than human height, for access to plumbing or wiring, storage, etc.
- crew chief — the head of a crew, especially for maintenance of aircraft or racing cars.
- crewellery — crewelwork