9-letter words containing a, w
- wagnerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Richard Wagner or his works: Wagnerian grandeur; a Wagnerian soprano.
- wagon-lit — (in continental European usage) a railroad sleeping car.
- wagoneers — Plural form of wagoneer.
- wagonette — a light, four-wheeled carriage, with or without a top, having a crosswise seat in front and two lengthwise seats facing each other at the back.
- wagonload — the load carried by a wagon.
- wagonways — Plural form of wagonway.
- wahhabism — the group of doctrines or practices of the Wahhabis.
- wahpekute — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- wailingly — in a wailing manner
- wainscots — Plural form of wainscot.
- waist bag — a bag that fastens around the waist
- waistband — a band encircling the waist, especially as a part of a skirt or pair of trousers.
- waistbelt — a belt encircling the waist
- waistcoat — Chiefly British. vest (def 1).
- waistline — the circumference of the body at the waist: exercises to reduce the waistline.
- waiterage — the discharging of waiter duties
- waitering — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waitingly — in a waiting manner
- waitstaff — a staff of waiters or waitresses who wait on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waivering — Misspelling of wavering.
- wakamatsu — a seaport on N Kyushu, in S Japan: formed in 1963 by the merger of five cities (Kokura, Moji, Tobata, Wakamatsu, and Yawata)
- wakeboard — The board one stands on for wakeboarding.
- wakefield — a city in West Yorkshire, in N England: battle 1460.
- wakefully — In a wakeful manner.
- wakeovers — Plural form of wakeover.
- walachian — of or relating to the former SE European principality of Walachia (now part of Romania) or its inhabitants
- walbrzych — a city in SW Poland, in Silesia.
- walcheren — an island in SW Netherlands: part of Zeeland province. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
- waldenses — a Christian sect that arose after 1170 in southern France, under the leadership of Pierre Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, and joined the Reformation movement in the 16th century.
- waldflute — an organ flute stop
- waldgrave — (in the Holy Roman Empire) an officer having jurisdiction over a royal forest.
- walk away — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- walk into — If you walk into an unpleasant situation, you become involved in it without expecting to, especially because you have been careless.
- walk over — If someone walks over you, they treat you very badly.
- walk tall — to have self-respect or pride
- walk-down — a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps: It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.
- walkabout — Chiefly British. a walking tour. an informal public stroll taken by members of the royal family or by a political figure for the purpose of greeting and being seen by the public.
- walkathon — a long-distance walking race for testing endurance.
- walkaways — Plural form of walkaway.
- walker-on — someone who has a small part in a play or theatrical entertainment, esp one without any lines
- walkovers — Plural form of walkover.
- wall bars — a series of horizontal bars attached to a wall and used in gymnastics
- wall fern — the polypody, especially Polypodium vulgare or P. virginianum.
- wall game — a type of football played at Eton against a wall
- wall knot — a knot forming a knob at the end of a rope, made by unwinding the strands and weaving them together
- wall lamp — wall-mounted light
- wall pass — a movement in which one player passes the ball to another and sprints forward to receive the quickly played return
- wall plug — an electrical outlet permanently mounted on a wall.
- wall rock — the rock forming the walls of a vein.
- wall tent — a tent having four perpendicular sides, usually larger and with more headroom than most pyramid-shaped tents.