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10-letter words containing w

  • cabin crew — The cabin crew on an aircraft are the people whose job is to look after the passengers.
  • caddisworm — the aquatic larva of a caddis fly, which constructs a protective case around itself made of silk, sand, stones, etc
  • cadwalader — 7th century ad, legendary king of the Britons, probably a confusion of several historical figures
  • callowness — immature or inexperienced: a callow youth.
  • camberwell — a former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Southwark.
  • cameo ware — jasper ware with applied decoration of classical motifs, resembling a cameo
  • camerawork — The camerawork in a film is the way it has been filmed, especially if the style is interesting or unusual in some way.
  • campuswide — Throughout a campus.
  • 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
  • cape wrath — a promontory at the NW extremity of the Scottish mainland
  • cape-wrath — Cape, a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.
  • car-worker — a person who works in the car industry
  • carl lewis — Carl (Frederick Carlton Lewis) born 1961, U.S. track and field athlete.
  • carpetweed — an annual weed, Mollugo verticillata, native to North America, which produces small white flowers
  • carry away — to remove forcefully
  • cartwheels — Plural form of cartwheel.
  • cartwright — a person who makes carts
  • caseworker — A caseworker is someone who does casework.
  • cashdrawer — a drawer, as in a cash register, that has separate compartments for coins and bills of different denominations.
  • cashew nut — edible nut
  • casualwear — clothing designed for wear on informal occasions.
  • cat's meow — Slang. someone or something wonderful or remarkable.
  • cat's-claw — an acacia shrub (Acacia greggii) native to the Southwest and northern Mexico, having spikes of yellow flowers and thorns resembling claws
  • catawampus — askew; awry
  • catchwater — a drain or ditch which catches water
  • catchwords — Plural form of catchword.
  • caterwauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caterwaul.
  • catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
  • 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 away — If someone or something chases away worries, fears, or other bad feelings, they cause those feelings to change and become happier.
  • chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
  • cheesewire — a piece of wire used for cutting cheese
  • cheesewood — the tough yellowish wood of Australian trees of the genus Pittosporum: family Pittosporaceae
  • chief town — a town or city that is the administrative centre of a region
  • chief whip — the highest-ranking or principal whip in a legislature or parliamaent
  • child wife — a very young wife.
  • chilliwack — city in S British Columbia, Canada: pop. 60,000
  • 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.
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