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9-letter words containing a, w, e, i

  • make with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • meanwhile — meantime.
  • microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
  • milwaukee — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
  • milwaukie — a town in NW Oregon.
  • miter saw — a backsaw used for cutting miters.
  • new latin — the Latin that became current, notably in scientific literature, after the Renaissance, c1500. Abbreviation: NL, NL., N.L.
  • new media — developing forms of media, usually electronic, regarded as being experimental.
  • new spain — the former Spanish possessions in the Western Hemisphere, at one time including South America (except Brazil), Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, Florida, and most of the land in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.
  • newmanism — the views and theories of John Henry Newman before his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, in which he held that the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England are compatible with Roman Catholicism.
  • newmanite — an adherent of John Henry Newman.
  • newmanize — to adopt or follow Newmanism.
  • newtonian — of or relating to Sir Isaac Newton or to his theories or discoveries: Newtonian physics.
  • nidwalden — a demicanton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 106 sq. mi. (275 sq. km). Capital: Stans.
  • nightwear — night clothes.
  • norwegian — of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.
  • 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).
  • overawing — Present participle of overawe.
  • page view — one viewing of a web page; a single visit: Tracking pageviews is a way of predicting the advertising potential of a website.
  • palm wine — wine made from distilled palm-tree sap.
  • penis war — (jargon, abuse)   (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
  • plainview — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • plan view — plan (def 4).
  • price war — intensive competition, especially among retailers, in which prices are repeatedly cut in order to undersell competitors or sometimes to force smaller competitors out of business.
  • rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
  • rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
  • rainwater — (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.
  • rewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
  • riverwalk — a paved walkway along the side of a river
  • riverward — Also, riverwards. toward a river.
  • sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
  • sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
  • scarfwise — in the manner of a scarf
  • sei whale — a rorqual, Balaenoptera borealis, inhabiting all seas: now greatly reduced in number.
  • semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
  • shoalwise — in shoals or large groups
  • sidewalks — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.
  • sidewards — towards one side
  • sine wave — a periodic oscillation, as simple harmonic motion, having the same geometric representation as a sine function.
  • slantwise — aslant; obliquely.
  • sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
  • snakewise — in a snake-like manner
  • spin wave — a magnetic wave propagated through a crystal lattice by a collective excitation of the spin angular momentum of electrons.
  • stairwell — the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
  • stairwise — by steps or in the manner of steps
  • statewide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
  • stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
  • superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
  • swan dive — into water
  • swan-dive — to perform a swan dive.
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