9-letter words containing a, r, o, w
- drag down — demoralize
- drag show — a performance by drag artists
- draw down — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw into — involve sb in sth
- draw lots — to decide an issue by using lots
- draw shot — a stroke that imparts a backward spin to the cue ball, causing it to roll back after striking the object ball. Compare follow shot (def 2).
- draw upon — use as source or resource
- draw-loom — an early handloom used for producing figured fabrics.
- drawn-out — long-drawn-out.
- 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
- earthwork — excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation.
- earthworm — any one of numerous annelid worms that burrow in soil and feed on soil nutrients and decaying organic matter.
- earwormed — a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.
- fallowers — Plural form of fallower.
- falsework — framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself.
- fancywork — ornamental needlework.
- farmwoman — a woman who operates a farm or cultivates land.
- farrowing — a litter of pigs.
- firewagon — (US) A fire engine.
- firewoman — A female firefighter.
- flatworms — Plural form of flatworm.
- flowchart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- flowerage — the process or state of flowering.
- food wrap — a thin polythene material that clings closely to any surface around which it is placed, used for wrapping food
- footwears — Plural form of footwear.
- foreswear — Alternative spelling of forswear.
- forewarns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forewarn.
- forewoman — a woman in charge of a particular department or group of workers.
- forswears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forswear.
- 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.
- framework — a skeletal structure designed to support or enclose something.
- freakshow — Alternative spelling of freak show.
- freewoman — a woman who is free or at liberty, esp one who is not a slave or serf
- frogspawn — The eggs of a frog, which are surrounded by transparent jelly.
- from away — from a part of Canada other than Newfoundland
- frontward — in a direction toward the front.
- frowardly — In a froward manner.
- garryowen — (rugby union) A high short punt onto or behind the defending team.
- gay power — the organized political influence exerted by homosexuals as a group, especially to ensure equal rights in employment, housing, etc.
- 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.
- glasswork — the manufacture of glass and glassware.
- glassworm — arrowworm.
- glasswort — any of several plants of the genus Salicornia, of the amaranth family, having succulent stems with rudimentary leaves, formerly used, when burned to ashes, as a source of soda for glassmaking.