9-letter words containing w, h
- cash flow — The cash flow of a firm or business is the movement of money into and out of it.
- catchweed — a weedy plant with a prickly stem
- catchword — A catchword is a word or phrase that becomes popular or well-known, for example, because it is associated with a political campaign.
- catchwork — A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- chafeweed — wood cudweed.
- chain saw — A chain saw is a big saw with teeth fixed in a chain that is driven round by a motor.
- chain-saw — to cut or cut down (lumber, a tree, etc.) with a chain saw.
- chainsaws — Plural form of chainsaw.
- chainwork — any work linked or looped in the manner of or resembling a chain or chains
- changchow — a city in S Fujian province, in SE China.
- chartwell — a house near Westerham in Kent: home for 40 years of Sir Winston Churchill
- charwoman — A charwoman is a woman who is employed to clean houses or offices.
- charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
- chat show — A chat show is a television or radio show in which people talk in a friendly, informal way about different topics.
- chawbacon — an unsophisticated person of low intellect
- chengchow — Zhengzhou
- chew over — If you chew something over, you keep thinking about it.
- chewiness — the condition of necessitating chewing or of being difficult to chew
- chickasaw — a member of a Native American people of N Mississippi
- chickweed — Chickweed is a plant with small leaves and white flowers which grows close to the ground.
- chinatown — Chinatown is the name given to the area in a city where there are many Chinese shops and restaurants, and which is a social centre for the Chinese community in the city.
- chinaware — articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
- chipewyan — a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
- chippeway — Chippewa.
- chop down — If you chop down a tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground.
- chordwise — in the direction of an aerofoil chord
- chow down — If you chow down on something, you eat a large amount of it quickly and with enthusiasm.
- chow hall — canteen, refectory
- chow mein — Chow mein is a Chinese-style dish that consists of fried noodles, cooked meat, and vegetables.
- chow-chow — a thick-coated breed of the spitz type of dog with a curled tail and a characteristic blue-black tongue; it came originally from China
- chowhound — a greedy person or a person who loves eating
- chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
- chuanchow — a seaport in SE Fujian province, in SE China, on Taiwan Strait.
- churchway — a road that leads to a church
- clerihews — Plural form of clerihew.
- clownfish — any of several brightly coloured striped fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- 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
- cogwheels — Plural form of cogwheel.
- coopworth — a New Zealand and Australian breed of sheep derived from the Romney Marsh
- cow horse — cow pony.
- cow shark — any large primitive shark, esp Hexanchus griseum, of the family Hexanchidae of warm and temperate waters
- cow vetch — a climbing plant, Vicia cracca, of the legume family, of Eurasia and North America, having elongated clusters of violet-purple flowers.
- cowfishes — Plural form of cowfish.
- cowhiding — Present participle of cowhide.
- dankworth — Sir John (Philip William). 1927–2010, British jazz composer, bandleader, and saxophonist: married to Cleo Laine
- dawnlight — The light of dawn.
- deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.