9-letter words containing a, w, e, i
- waterlily — Alternative spelling of water lily.
- waterline — Nautical. the part of the outside of a ship's hull that is just at the water level.
- watermill — A mill (for whatever purpose) powered by water.
- watermint — Alternative spelling of water mint.
- waterpick — a portable electric appliance that uses a stream of water under force to remove food particles from between the teeth and to massage the gums.
- waterside — the margin, bank, or shore of a river, lake, ocean, etc.
- waterskin — The skin of a goat used as a container for water.
- waterzooi — A type of Flemish stew, traditionally made with fish.
- waveguide — a conduit, as a metal tube, coaxial cable, or strand of glass fibers, used as a conductor or directional transmitter for various kinds of electromagnetic waves.
- wavellite — a hydrous aluminum fluorophosphate occurring as white to yellowish-green or brown aggregates of radiating fibers.
- weak link — flaw in a process
- weak side — the side of the offensive line opposite the side with the tight end, thereby the side having the smaller number of players.
- weakening — Present participle of weaken.
- weakliest — Superlative form of weakly.
- weaklings — Plural form of weakling.
- wealthier — Comparative form of wealthy.
- wealthily — In a wealthy way.
- weanlings — Plural form of weanling.
- weaponize — to supply or equip with a weapon or weapons: to weaponize trucks and helicopters.
- wear ship — to change the tack of a sailing vessel, esp a square-rigger, by coming about so that the wind passes astern
- wear thin — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- weariedly — In an wearied manner; wearily.
- weariless — unwearying; tireless: a weariless vigil.
- weariness — physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- wearingly — gradually impairing or wasting: Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
- wearisome — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weaseling — (US) present participle of weasel.
- weft ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- weighable — Heavy enough to be weighed.
- weightman — a person whose work is to weigh goods or merchandise.
- welfarism — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- welfarist — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- welfarite — a person who is on welfare
- well-paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- wen jiabo — 1942- ; premier of China (2002- )
- wernerian — pertaining to or characteristic of the views or the classificatory system of Alfred Werner.
- wet basis — A wet basis is a measure of the water in a solid, expressed as the weight of water as a percentage of the wet solid.
- whale oil — oil rendered from whale blubber, formerly widely used as a fuel for lamps and for making soap and candles.
- whalelike — Resembling a whale or some aspect of one.
- whangarei — a port in New Zealand, the northernmost city of North Island: oil refinery. Pop: 72 200 (2004 est)
- wheatbird — A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.
- whipsawed — subjected to a double loss, as when an investor has bought a stock at a high price soon before it declines and then, in order to make good the loss, sells it short before it advances.
- whipsnake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- whitbread — Fatima. born 1961, British javelin thrower: won gold at the World Championships (1987)
- white ant — termite
- white ash — any of various trees of the genus Fraxinus, of the olive family, especially F. excelsior, of Europe and Asia, or F. americana (white ash) of North America, having opposite, pinnate leaves and purplish flowers in small clusters.
- white hat — a virtuous hero, especially in a cowboy movie; good guy.
- white oak — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- white rat — an albino variety of the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, used in biological experiments.
- white sea — an arm of the Arctic Ocean, in the NW Russian Federation in Europe. About 36,000 sq. mi. (93,240 sq. km).