9-letter words containing a, l, e, w
- low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
- lowballed — Simple past tense and past participle of lowball.
- lower jaw — the mandible or lower part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth. In higher vertebrates the lower jaw is fused to the cranium and the upper jaw
- lowercase — (of an alphabetical letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper name, of the first word in a sentence, etc. Examples: a, b, q, r.
- lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
- lowlihead — lowly state; lowliness.
- luftwaffe — air force.
- lyke-wake — a watch held over a dead person, often with festivities
- macdowell — Edward Alexander, 1861–1908, U.S. composer and pianist.
- mag wheel — a wheel containing magnesium or aluminum generally alloyed with steel, which makes it lighter in weight and shinier than an ordinary steel wheel: used especially on racing cars and sports cars.
- mailwomen — Plural form of mailwoman.
- malware's — software intended to damage a computer, mobile device, computer system, or computer network, or to take partial control over its operation: tips on finding and removing viruses, spyware, and other malware.
- maplewood — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
- mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
- mealworms — Plural form of mealworm.
- meanwhile — meantime.
- melt away — thaw
- meltwater — water from melted snow or ice.
- metalware — work of metal, especially utensils, flatware, etc.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- mews flat — a flat or apartment situated in a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings
- milwaukee — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- milwaukie — a town in NW Oregon.
- muley saw — a saw having a long, stiff blade that is not stretched in a gate, but whose motion is directed by clamps at each end mounted on guide rails.
- navelwort — a European plant, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, round leaves and yellowish-green flowers.
- new latin — the Latin that became current, notably in scientific literature, after the Renaissance, c1500. Abbreviation: NL, NL., N.L.
- newcastle — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
- newfangle — (obsolete) Eager for novelties; desirous of changing.
- newsflash — flash (def 6).
- nidwalden — a demicanton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 106 sq. mi. (275 sq. km). Capital: Stans.
- nonlawyer — a person who is not a lawyer
- old sweat — an old soldier; veteran
- orwellian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
- own label — Own label is the same as own brand.
- palm wine — wine made from distilled palm-tree sap.
- panel saw — a small ripsaw or crosscut saw.
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
- perp walk — an arranged public appearance of a recently arrested criminal for the benefit of the media
- plainview — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- plan view — plan (def 4).
- plateware — household dishes, especially ones made of or plated with gold or silver.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- polokwane — a town in NE South Africa, the capital of Limpopo province: commercial and agricultural centre. Pop: 90 398 (2001)
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- powerplay — behaviour intended to maximise person's power
- race-walk — to participate in race walking.
- renewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- renewably — in a renewable fashion, in such a way as to be renewable
- reswallow — to swallow again