9-letter words containing a, r, w, k
- greywacke — Geology. a dark-gray coarse-grained wacke.
- handiwork — work done by hand.
- handywork — Dated form of handiwork.
- hawksmoor — Nicholas, 1661–1736, English architect.
- hornwrack — a yellowish bryozoan or sea mat sometimes found on beaches after a storm
- jackscrew — a jack for lifting, consisting of a screw steadied by a threaded support and carrying a plate or other part bearing the load.
- jackstraw — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- jayhawker — a native or inhabitant of Kansas (used as a nickname).
- jaywalker — One who jaywalks; someone who has committed jaywalking.-->.
- jerkwater — Informal. insignificant and out-of-the-way: a jerkwater town.
- karankawa — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians who lived in southeastern Texas until the mid 19th century.
- kathiawar — a peninsula on the W coast of India.
- khwarizmi — Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- krakowiak — a lively Polish folk dance in duple meter with syncopated accents.
- law clerk — an attorney, usually a recent law-school graduate, working as an assistant to a judge or being trained by another attorney.
- lawmakers — Plural form of lawmaker.
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- make-work — work, usually of little importance, created to keep a person from being idle or unemployed.
- 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.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- marrowsky — spoonerism
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- newmarket — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NW of Toronto.
- newsbreak — a newsworthy event or incident.
- newsmaker — a person, thing, or event that is newsworthy: a weekly magazine devoted to stories on newsmakers.
- paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
- paperwork — written or clerical work, as records or reports, forming a necessary but often a routine and secondary part of some work or job.
- part work — magazine series
- patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
- perp walk — an arranged public appearance of a recently arrested criminal for the benefit of the media
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- quickdraw — (climbing) A set of two carabiners connected by a strap.
- race-walk — to participate in race walking.
- riverwalk — a paved walkway along the side of a river
- roadworks — work, as construction or repairs, done on a road.
- rock wall — rock fence.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- saltworks — (often used with a plural verb) a building or plant where salt is made.
- scalework — an ornamentation technique used to depict scales on fish or other creatures
- sea wrack — seaweed or a growth of seaweed, especially of the larger kinds cast up on the shore.
- skew arch — an arch, as at the entrance to a tunnel, having sides, or jambs, that are not at right angles with the face.
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
- stairwork — unseen plotting
- strapwork — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.