schwa or shwa /shwä or shvä/ (phonetics)

1. An indistinct vowel sound
2. A neutral vowel (ə). Cf sheva

• childishness
• childishnesses
• childless
• childlessness
• childlike
• child lock
• child locks
• childly
• childminder
• childminders
• childness
• childnesses
• childproof
• children
• Children's Panel
• child-resistant
• childs
• child's play
• child-studies
• child-study
• child support
• Child Support Agency
• child welfare
• child-wife
• child-wives