9-letter words containing a, r, d, w, o
- drawnwork — Ornamental work on linen or other fabric, done by drawing out threads and usually with additional needlework.
- drawworks — A drawworks is a drum for reeling the drill string in and out.
- dreamwork — the processes that cause the transformation of unconscious thoughts into the content of dreams, as displacement, distortion, condensation, and symbolism.
- drop away — become fewer
- earlywood — the light-coloured wood made by a tree in the spring that shows up in the yearly growth ring
- earwormed — a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.
- 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.
- 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
- goldwater — Barry Morris, 1909–1998, U.S. politician: U.S senator 1953–64 and 1968–87.
- handiwork — work done by hand.
- handwrote — to write (something) by hand.
- handywork — Dated form of handiwork.
- hardwoods — Plural form of hardwood.
- headwords — Plural form of headword.
- heartwood — the hard central wood of the trunk of an exogenous tree; duramen.
- homewards — Of or pertaining to leading toward home.
- in a word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
- last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
- law lords — (in Britain) members of the House of Lords who sit as the highest court of appeal, although in theory the full House of Lords has this role
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- loan word — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
- low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
- low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
- lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
- mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- mark-down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
- meadowrue — A plant (any plant of genus Thalictrum), also known as thalictrum.
- mold-warp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- moonwards — towards the moon
- nanoworld — The sphere of influence of nanotechnology.
- newsboard — bulletin board.
- northward — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- oceanward — Toward the ocean.
- outwardly — as regards appearance or outward manifestation: outwardly charming; outwardly considerate.
- overdrawn — Past participle of overdraw.
- overdraws — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdraw.
- own brand — Own brands are products which have the trademark or label of the shop which sells them, especially a supermarket chain. They are normally cheaper than other popular brands.
- portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.