9-letter words containing w, c, r
- co-writer — to coauthor.
- coachwork — the design and manufacture of car bodies
- coastward — towards the coast
- code word — A code word is a word or phrase that has a special meaning, different from its normal meaning, for the people who have agreed to use it in this way.
- codewords — Plural form of codeword.
- cold brew — the process of steeping coffee grounds or tea leaves in room-temperature or cold water for many hours, producing a concentrate to which more water may be added.
- cold work — the craft of shaping metal without heat
- cold-brew — (of a drink such as tea or coffee) prepared by steeping in cold water
- cold-draw — to draw (wire, tubing, etc.) without preheating the metal.
- cold-work — to work (metal) at a temperature below that at which recrystallization occurs.
- coldwater — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- colorways — Plural form of colorway.
- colourway — one of several different combinations of colours in which a given pattern is printed on fabrics, wallpapers, etc
- coopworth — a New Zealand and Australian breed of sheep derived from the Romney Marsh
- copywrite — (rare) To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter.
- coralwort — any of various leafless orchids of the genus Corallorhiza
- corkscrew — A corkscrew is a device for pulling corks out of bottles.
- corkwoods — Plural form of corkwood.
- 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in 1804 to protect domestic farmers against foreign competition by the imposition of a heavy duty on foreign corn: repealed in 1846
- corn snow — granular snow formed by alternate freezing and thawing
- cornrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of cornrow.
- cow horse — cow pony.
- cow shark — any large primitive shark, esp Hexanchus griseum, of the family Hexanchidae of warm and temperate waters
- cowardice — Cowardice is cowardly behaviour.
- cowardise — Obsolete spelling of cowardice.
- cowfeeder — a tenant of a small dairy farm
- cowkeeper — (archaic) cowherd.
- coworkers — a fellow worker; colleague.
- cowperson — (politically correct, rare) a cowhand of any gender.
- cowritten — to coauthor.
- 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.
- crestwood — a city in E Missouri.
- crew neck — A crew neck or a crew neck sweater is a sweater with a round neck.
- crew pram — concurrent read, exclusive write PRAM.
- crew sock — Usually, crew socks. short, thick casual socks usually ribbed above the ankles.
- 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
- crossbows — Plural form of crossbow.
- crosstown — A crosstown bus or route is one that crosses the main roads or transportation lines of a town or city.
- crosswalk — A crosswalk is a place where pedestrians can cross a street and where drivers must stop to let them cross.