9-letter words containing a, w
- 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-aged — having lived or existed long; of advanced age; old: an aged man; an aged tree.
- well-cast — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- well-made — skillfully built or constructed: a well-made sofa.
- well-paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- well-read — having read extensively (sometimes followed by in): well-read in oceanography.
- welladays — alas
- wellanear — alas!
- wellaways — alas
- wellheads — Plural form of wellhead.
- wen jiabo — 1942- ; premier of China (2002- )
- wenatchee — a city in central Washington.
- wenceslas — 1361–1419, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1378–1400; as Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia 1378–1419.
- werehyena — A mythological or folkloric shapeshifter capable of assuming the shape of a hyena.
- wergeland — Henrik Arnold. 1808–45, Norwegian poet and nationalist, remembered for his lyric and narrative verse
- wernerian — pertaining to or characteristic of the views or the classificatory system of Alfred Werner.
- werowance — (historical) A chief of an American Indian tribe in colonial Virginia and Maryland.
- west bank — an area in the Middle East, between the W bank of the Jordan River and the E frontier of Israel: occupied in 1967 and subsequently claimed by Israel; formerly held by Jordan.
- westabout — in, to, or towards the west
- westfalen — German name of Westphalia.
- westmeath — a county in Leinster in the N central Republic of Ireland. 681 sq. mi. (1765 sq. km). County seat: Mullingar.
- westwards — Westward.
- 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.
- wet dream — nocturnal emission.
- wet shave — a shave in which lather and a razor are used, as opposed to an electric shaver
- wet steam — steam, usually low-pressure, that contains water droplets in suspension
- whack off — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- whack out — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- whakapapa — Genealogy, a fundamental principle of M\u0101ori culture that is critical in establishing one's identity.
- whale oil — oil rendered from whale blubber, formerly widely used as a fuel for lamps and for making soap and candles.
- whaleback — Nautical. a cargo vessel having a hull with a convex deck. a deck or cover curving upward.
- whaleboat — a long, narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas: formerly used in whaling, now mainly for sea rescue.
- whalebone — an elastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; baleen.
- 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)
- wharf rat — a large brown rat that is commonly found on wharves.
- what with — considering
- whateffer — Eye dialect of whatever.
- wheatbird — A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.
- wheatgerm — Wheatgerm is the middle part of a grain of wheat which is rich in vitamins and is often added to other food.
- wheatland — a region where wheat is grown
- wheatless — without wheat
- wheatmeal — a brown flour intermediate between white flour and wholemeal flour
- wheatworm — a small nematode, Tylenchus tritici, that stunts growth and disrupts seed production in wheat.
- wheel man — Also, wheelsman [hweelz-muh n, weel-] /ˈʰwilz mən, ˈwil-/ (Show IPA). a helmsman or steersman.
- wheelbase — the distance from the center of the front-wheel spindle to the center of the rear-wheel axle.
- wheyfaces — Plural form of wheyface.
- whillywha — (Scotland) a flattering deceiver.
- whim-wham — any odd or fanciful object or thing; a gimcrack.