9-letter words containing a, c, t, w
- mucksweat — profuse sweat or a state of profuse sweating
- newcastle — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
- newscasts — Plural form of newscast.
- overwatch — to watch over.
- patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
- pawtucket — a city in NE Rhode Island.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- scots law — the body of law in force in Scotland
- stopwatch — a watch with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, used for precise timing, as in races.
- sweptback — (of the leading edge of an airfoil) forming a markedly obtuse angle with the fuselage.
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- tack claw — a small hand tool having a handle with a claw at one end for removing tacks.
- tack-weld — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- throwback — an act of throwing back.
- tick away — time: pass
- top whack — the maximum price
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- tuck away — to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- two-a-cat — two old cat.
- two-faced — having two faces.
- two-track — an oblique movement of a horse in which the forehand and hindquarters move on two distinct parallel tracks and the body is maintained uniformly in the direction of the movement.
- unwatched — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- wainscots — Plural form of wainscot.
- waistcoat — Chiefly British. vest (def 1).
- wallchart — (education) A large informational chart, typically hung on the wall of a classroom.
- war chest — money set aside or scheduled for a particular purpose or activity, as for a political campaign or organizational drive.
- washcloth — a small cloth for washing one's face or body.
- watch cap — U.S. Navy. a dark-blue, knitted woolen cap with a turned-up cuff worn by enlisted personnel on duty in cold weather.
- watch for — be vigilant for, careful of
- watch out — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- watchable — detectable; apparent.
- watchband — a leather, metal, fabric, or plastic bracelet or strap attached to a wrist watch to hold it on the wrist.
- watchcase — the case or outer covering for the works of a watch.
- watchless — not watchful or alert; lacking in vigilance: an irresponsible and watchless sentry.
- watchlist — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- watchouts — the act of looking out for or anticipating something; lookout: Keep a watchout for dishonest behavior.
- watchword — a word or short phrase to be communicated, on challenge, to a sentinel or guard; password or countersign.
- water cut — The water cut is the ratio of the water which is produced in a well compared to the volume of the total liquids produced.
- water ice — ice formed by direct freezing of fresh or salt water, and not by compacting of snow.
- waterbuck — any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus, frequenting marshes and reedy places, especially K. ellipsiprymnus, of eastern and central Africa.
- waterpick — a portable electric appliance that uses a stream of water under force to remove food particles from between the teeth and to massage the gums.
- webcaster — A person or organization that transmits a webcast over the Internet.
- wehrmacht — the German armed forces of the years prior to and during World War II.
- well-cast — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- wenatchee — a city in central Washington.
- whack out — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- whiteacre — an arbitrary name for a piece of land used for purposes of supposition in legal argument or the like (often distinguished from blackacre).
- whitecaps — Plural form of whitecap.
- whitecoat — a baby seal, usually less than four weeks old and still having its initial white fur.
- whiteface — a Hereford.