10-letter words containing w, n
- can't wait — be impatient for
- candlewick — unbleached cotton or muslin into which loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern. It is used for bedspreads, dressing gowns, etc
- candlewood — the resinous wood of any of several trees, used for torches and candle substitutes
- cankerworm — the larva of either of two geometrid moths, Paleacrita vernata or Alsophila pometaria, which feed on and destroy fruit and shade trees in North America
- cashew nut — edible nut
- censorware — (computing) Software or hardware used to filter content on the Internet or block Internet access or restrict the running of applications or computer usage. Content filtering software, or a component in an operating system or console used to disable reception of media on the basis of content believed to be objectionable.
- chain-work — any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.
- chainwheel — a toothed wheel that meshes with a roller chain to transmit motion
- chairwoman — The chairwoman of a meeting, committee, or organization is the woman in charge of it.
- chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
- chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
- chief town — a town or city that is the administrative centre of a region
- china-ware — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chinwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag.
- chip wagon — a small van in which chips are cooked and sold
- choke down — to swallow with difficulty
- chow hound — a person who eats food in large quantities or with great gusto; glutton.
- chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
- chwang-tse — Chuang-tzu (def 1).
- clamp down — To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
- clamp-down — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- clampdowns — Plural form of clampdown.
- clanswoman — a woman belonging to a clan
- clean wool — wool that has been scoured to remove wax
- clearwings — Plural form of clearwing.
- clew lines — the ropes connecting the clews of a sail with the yard, used in raising or lowering the sail
- climb down — If you climb down in an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.
- climb-down — a retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position.
- close down — to cease or cause to cease operations
- closedowns — Plural form of closedown.
- clownishly — In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
- clownology — The study of being a clown.
- cold-drawn — (of metal wire, bars, etc) having been drawn unheated through a die to reduce dimensions, toughen, and improve surface finish
- colwyn bay — a town and resort in N Wales, in Conwy county borough. Pop: 30 269 (2001)
- common law — the body of law based on judicial decisions and custom, as distinct from statute law
- common-law — of, relating to, or established by common law: a common-law spouse.
- commonweal — the good of the community
- 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.
- coping saw — a handsaw with a U-shaped frame used for cutting curves in a material too thick for a fret saw
- cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
- 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)
- cottonweed — a downy perennial plant, Otanthus maritimus, of European coastal regions, having small yellow flowers surrounded by large hairy bracts: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cottonwick — a grunt, Haemulon melanurum, of warm Atlantic seas.
- cottonwood — A cottonwood or a cottonwood tree is a kind of tree that grows in North America and has seeds that are covered with hairs that look like cotton.
- cottonwool — Alternative form of cotton wool.
- count down — to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten.