7-letter words containing a, w
- cowardy — A cowardly person (often used as a taunt by children).
- cowbane — any of several N temperate poisonous umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Cicuta, esp C. virosa, having clusters of small white flowers
- cowhage — a tropical, leguminous vine (Mucuna pruriens) bearing pods covered with fine barbed hairs that easily penetrate animal or human skin, causing intense itching: some strains are grown for forage
- cowhand — a hired man who herds and tends cattle, usually on horseback, esp in the western US
- cowpats — Plural form of cowpat.
- cowtail — a coarse wool of poor quality.
- cracowe — a boot with a long sharply pointed toe, fashionable in the 14th century
- crashaw — Richard. 1613–49, English religious poet, noted esp for the Steps to the Temple (1646)
- crawdad — crayfish
- crawled — Simple past tense and past participle of crawl.
- crawler — A crawler is a computer program that visits websites and collects information when you do an Internet search.
- crawley — a town in S England, in NE West Sussex: designated a new town in 1956. Pop: 100 547 (2001)
- crewman — A crewman is a member of a crew.
- crowbar — A crowbar is a heavy iron bar which is used as a lever.
- cumshaw — (used, esp formerly, by beggars in Chinese ports) a present or tip
- cutaway — In a film or video, a cutaway or a cutaway shot is a picture that shows something different from the main thing that is being shown.
- cutware — tools used in cutting, as knives or blades.
- cwmbran — a new town in SE Wales, in Torfaen county borough, developed in the 1950s. Pop: 47 254 (2001)
- dagwood — a thick sandwich filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, dressings, and condiments.
- danelaw — the northern, central and eastern parts of Anglo-Saxon England in which Danish law and custom were observed
- dawbake — a foolish or slow-witted person
- dawcock — the male of the jackdaw
- dawdled — to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
- dawdler — to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
- dawdles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dawdle.
- dawkins — Richard. born 1941, British zoologist, noted for such works as The Selfish Gene (1976), The Blind Watchmaker (1986), The God Delusion (2006), and The Greatest Show on Earth (2009)
- dawn on — If a fact or idea dawns on you, you realize it.
- dawning — gradually beginning to become light
- dayglow — the light given off by the atmosphere of the Earth as seen during daytime
- daywear — clothes for everyday or informal wear
- daywork — a form of work that is calculated and paid for on a daily basis
- despawn — (video games) To dematerialize; to disappear from the game world.
- dewater — to remove water from
- dewclaw — a nonfunctional claw in dogs; the rudimentary first digit
- dewfall — the formation or settling of dew; the dew which is deposited
- dewlaps — Plural form of dewlap.
- dingwad — (informal) A stupid person.
- disavow — to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate: He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him.
- diswarn — (obsolete) To dissuade from by previous warning.
- dogwash — /dog'wosh/ (A quip in the "urgency" field of a very optional software change request, ca. 1982. It was something like "Urgency: Wash your dog first") A project of minimal priority, undertaken as an escape from more serious work. Many games and much freeware get written this way, including this dictionary.
- doorway — the passage or opening into a building, room, etc., commonly closed and opened by a door; portal.
- dorhawk — nightjar
- dowable — subject to the provision of a dower: dowable land.
- dowager — a woman who holds some title or property from her deceased husband, especially the widow of a king, duke, etc. (often used as an additional title to differentiate her from the wife of the present king, duke, etc.): a queen dowager; an empress dowager.
- dowland — John, 1563–1626, English lutenist and composer.
- dragsaw — a large power saw having a reciprocating blade, as a power hacksaw for metals or a lumbermill saw.
- draw in — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw on — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw up — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- drawbar — a heavy bar, often made of steel, attached to the rear of a tractor and used as a hitch for pulling machinery, as a plow or mower.