10-letter words containing w, e
- 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 wise — to joke or gibe
- 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
- crewelling — the art of making crewelwork
- crewelwork — embroidery done with crewel
- crime wave — When more crimes than usual are committed in a particular place, you can refer to this as a crime wave.
- cross wire — cross hair (def 1).
- crowkeeper — a person who guards crops from crows
- crown fire — a forest fire that spreads along treetops, often at great speeds.
- crown lens — a lens made of optical crown, esp the optical-crown part of a compound achromatic lens
- crownbeard — any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
- crownpiece — the piece forming or fitting the top of something
- cruisewear — clothing which is suitable for wearing while on a cruise
- crypto-jew — a member of a Jewish community who secretly practices Judaism while officially converting, under duress, to either Christianity or Islam.
- curse word — a profane or obscene word, especially as used in anger or for emphasis.
- cut flower — any pretty flower cut for a floral arrangement.
- czernowitz — German name of Cernăuţi.
- dairywomen — Plural form of dairywoman.
- daisywheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- dawes plan — a plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I, devised by an international committee headed by Charles Gates Dawes and put into effect in 1924.
- dawn horse — eohippus.
- de la warr — Baron, title of Thomas West, known as Lord Delaware. 1577–1618, English administrator in America; first governor of Virginia (1610)
- dead water — water eddying beside a moving hull, especially directly astern.
- deadweight — (of a shot) leaving the other balls in the ideal position
- death blow — If you say that an event or action deals a death blow to something such as a plan or hope, or is a death blow to something, you mean that it puts an end to it.
- death wish — A death wish is a conscious or unconscious desire to die or be killed.
- deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
- deathwatch — a vigil held beside a dying or dead person
- deck watch — (on a ship) a precision watch used on deck for navigational purposes to avoid disturbing the chronometer.
- decree-law — an executive decree made pursuant to a delegation from the legislature and having the full force of legislation.
- decwindows — DEC's windowing environment based on the X Window System.
- deep water — having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
- deflowered — Simple past tense and past participle of deflower.
- deflowerer — One who deflowers.
- delawarean — of or relating to the state of Delaware or its inhabitants
- delta wave — any of the slowest electrical brain waves, having frequencies less than four hertz and indicating, in adults, deep sleep or brain disease
- delta wing — a triangular sweptback aircraft wing
- denis howe — (person) Denis B. Howe (1960 -) Editor of the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
- despawning — Present participle of despawn.
- devilwoods — Plural form of devilwood.
- dewatering — the act of removing water