9-letter words containing n, w
- cape town — the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- cavewoman — A prehistoric woman who lived in caves.
- cavewomen — Plural form of cavewoman.
- 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.
- charwoman — A charwoman is a woman who is employed to clean houses or offices.
- charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
- chawbacon — an unsophisticated person of low intellect
- chengchow — Zhengzhou
- chewiness — the condition of necessitating chewing or of being difficult to chew
- 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
- chop down — If you chop down a tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground.
- chow down — If you chow down on something, you eat a large amount of it quickly and with enthusiasm.
- chow mein — Chow mein is a Chinese-style dish that consists of fried noodles, cooked meat, and vegetables.
- chowhound — a greedy person or a person who loves eating
- chuanchow — a seaport in SE Fujian province, in SE China, on Taiwan Strait.
- cis woman — an adult who was born female and whose gender identity is female.
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- clearwing — any moth of the family Sesiidae (or Aegeriidae), characterized by the absence of scales from the greater part of the wings. They are day-flying and some, such as the hornet clearwing (Sesia apiformis), resemble wasps and other hymenopterans
- clew line — any of several lines fastened to the clews of a square sail and used for furling it
- climbdown — A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
- closedown — a termination or suspension of operations; shutdown: a temporary closedown of a factory.
- clownfish — any of several brightly coloured striped fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- clownlike — Resembling a clown or some aspect of clowns.
- clubwoman — a woman who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- clubwomen — Plural form of clubwoman.
- co-winner — one of two or more joint winners.
- cockswain — coxswain
- come down — If the cost, level, or amount of something comes down, it becomes less than it was before.
- comedowns — Plural form of comedown.
- cookstown — a district of central Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 33 387 (2003 est). Area: 622 sq km (240 sq miles)
- cool down — If someone cools down or if you cool them down, they become less angry than they were.
- copy down — If you copy down something that someone has said or written, you write it down exactly.
- corn laws — the laws introduced in Britain in 1804 to protect domestic farmers against foreign competition by the imposition of a heavy duty on foreign corn: repealed in 1846
- corn snow — granular snow formed by alternate freezing and thawing
- cornrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of cornrow.
- countdown — A countdown is the counting aloud of numbers in reverse order before something happens, especially before a spacecraft is launched.
- cowabunga — Used to express delight or satisfaction.
- cowboying — Present participle of cowboy.
- cowhiding — Present participle of cowhide.
- cowperson — (politically correct, rare) a cowhand of any gender.
- cowritten — to coauthor.
- coxswains — Plural form of coxswain.
- crackdown — A crackdown is strong official action that is taken to punish people who break laws.