9-letter words containing a, d, w
- feedwater — water to be supplied to a boiler from a tank or condenser for conversion into steam.
- fieldward — towards a field or fields
- fine-draw — Sewing. to sew together so finely that the joining is not noticeable.
- finedrawn — Drawn out with too much subtlety; overnice.
- flag down — a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as a means of signaling, etc.; ensign; standard; banner; pennant.
- flatwoods — a woodland in a low-lying region having little drainage.
- floodwall — A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood.
- food wrap — a thin polythene material that clings closely to any surface around which it is placed, used for wrapping food
- forwander — to wander far
- forwarded — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- forwarder — a person who forwards.
- forwardly — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- frontward — in a direction toward the front.
- frowardly — In a froward manner.
- gawkihood — the state of being gawky
- gear down — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- goalwards — toward or in the direction of the opposing team's goal
- god-awful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- goldwater — Barry Morris, 1909–1998, U.S. politician: U.S senator 1953–64 and 1968–87.
- grandview — a town in W Missouri.
- graveward — moving towards the grave or death
- greenward — Towards an ecologically friendly situation.
- grunewald — Mathias [mah-tee-ahs] /mɑˈti ɑs/ (Show IPA), (Mathias Neithardt-Gothardt) c1470–1528, German painter and architect.
- guideways — Plural form of guideway.
- gurdwaras — Plural form of gurdwara.
- hacksawed — Simple past tense and past participle of hacksaw.
- hand down — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-sewn — sewn by hand.
- hand-walk — to carry (a memorandum, check, or other document) from one person or office to another so as to assure prompt delivery.
- hand-wash — to launder by hand rather than by washing machine: to hand-wash socks in a hotel-room sink.
- handblown — (of glassware) shaped by means of a handheld blowpipe: handblown crystal.
- handiwork — work done by hand.
- handtowel — a small piece of thick soft cloth used to dry the hands
- handwheel — a wheel, as a valve wheel, turned by hand.
- handwoven — made on a handloom; handloomed.
- handwrite — to write (something) by hand.
- handwrote — to write (something) by hand.
- handywork — Dated form of handiwork.
- hard news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
- hardwired — Computers. built into a computer's hardware and thus not readily changed. (of a terminal) connected to a computer by a direct circuit rather than through a switching network.
- hardwires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hardwire.
- hardwoods — Plural form of hardwood.
- hawk-eyed — having very keen sight: a hawk-eyed guard.
- hawkweeds — Plural form of hawkweed.
- hazelwood — a town in E Missouri.
- head wall — a cliff or steep slope rising at one end of a glaciated valley.
- head wind — wind blowing head-on
- headwards — backwards beyond the original source
- headwater — A tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source.
- headwinds — Plural form of headwind.