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

  • paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
  • plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
  • quickdraw — (climbing) A set of two carabiners connected by a strap.
  • riverwalk — a paved walkway along the side of a river
  • sidewalks — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.
  • snakewise — in a snake-like manner
  • squawking — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
  • stairwork — unseen plotting
  • swim mask — mask (def 3).
  • swingback — (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology: We must fight any swingback to isolationism.
  • take wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
  • tick away — time: pass
  • unwarlike — not relating to war
  • view mark — a mark stamped on antique armor or metalwork to indicate inspection and approval by the guild or by officials at the place of manufacture.
  • wackiness — odd or irrational; crazy: They had some wacky plan for selling more books.
  • waferlike — Having a shape or texture similar to a wafer.
  • wakefield — a city in West Yorkshire, in N England: battle 1460.
  • walk into — If you walk into an unpleasant situation, you become involved in it without expecting to, especially because you have been careless.
  • wall-like — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
  • warp 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.
  • warp knit — a fabric or garment so constructed that runs do not occur: knitted from a warp beam that feeds yarn to the knitting frame.
  • water-ski — to plane over water on water skis or a water ski by grasping a towing rope pulled by a speedboat.
  • waterlike — Resembling water.
  • 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.
  • waterskin — The skin of a goat used as a container for water.
  • waulkmill — a cloth-fulling mill
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • whalelike — Resembling a whale or some aspect of one.
  • whipcrack — The crack of a whip.
  • whipsnake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
  • white oak — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • whitebark — The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.
  • whittaker — Charles Evans, 1901–73, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1957–62.
  • wideawake — (historical) A type of hat, with a broad brim made of black or brown felt.
  • wigmakers — Plural form of wigmaker.
  • wikiality — a version of facts which is agreed to be true, but which may not coincide with objective reality
  • windbreak — a growth of trees, a structure of boards, or the like, serving as a shelter from the wind.
  • windshake — a crack between the annual rings in wood: caused by strong winds bending the tree trunk
  • wine cask — a strong wooden barrel used to hold wine
  • wine rack — a framework for holding a number of bottles of wine in a horizontal position
  • winemaker — an expert in the production of wines.
  • wing back — In football, a wing back is a defender who also takes part in attacking play.
  • wingbacks — Plural form of wingback.
  • wisecrack — a smart or facetious remark.
  • wokingham — a unitary authority in SE England, in Berkshire. Pop: 151 200 (2003 est). Area: 179 sq km (69 sq miles)
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