9-letter words containing a, w
- whimsical — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
- whip hand — the hand that holds the whip, in driving.
- whipcrack — The crack of a whip.
- 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.
- whipstaff — a bar attached to a ship's tiller to assist with steering
- whipstall — a stall during a vertical climb in which the nose of the airplane falls forward and downward in a whiplike movement.
- whiptails — Plural form of whiptail.
- 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).
- white wax — a yellowish-white, somewhat translucent, tasteless solid, prepared by bleaching beeswax, used chiefly in pharmacy.
- white-ant — to undermine or subvert from within.
- whiteacre — an arbitrary name for a piece of land used for purposes of supposition in legal argument or the like (often distinguished from blackacre).
- whitebait — a young sprat or herring.
- whitebark — The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.
- whitebass — a freshwater fish, Morone chrysops, of the bass family Moronidae, native to North American lakes and rivers
- whitebeam — a European tree, Sorbus aria, of the rose family, having leathery leaves, showy, white flowers, and mealy, orange-red or scarlet fruit.
- whitecaps — Plural form of whitecap.
- whitecoat — a baby seal, usually less than four weeks old and still having its initial white fur.
- whitedamp — a poisonous coal-mine gas composed chiefly of carbon monoxide.
- whiteface — a Hereford.
- whitehall — Also called Whitehall Palace. a former palace in central London, England, originally built in the reign of Henry III: execution of Charles I, 1649.
- whitehead — Alfred North, 1861–1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924.
- whitetail — A deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America.
- whitewall — a rubber tire for an automobile, bicycle, etc., whose sidewall is colored white.
- whiteware — white earthenware
- whitewash — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
- whittaker — Charles Evans, 1901–73, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1957–62.
- whittawer — a person who converts skins into white leather; a tawer
- whiz-bang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- whizzbang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- who cares — I don't care
- wholemeal — whole-wheat.
- wholesale — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- wideawake — (historical) A type of hat, with a broad brim made of black or brown felt.
- widthways — Widthwise The direction of the width of an object or place.
- wieldable — Capable of being wielded.
- wiesbaden — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1946.
- wieschaus — Eric, born 1947, U.S.-born biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
- wigmakers — Plural form of wigmaker.
- wigwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of wigwag.
- wikiality — a version of facts which is agreed to be true, but which may not coincide with objective reality
- wilbraham — a city in SW Massachusetts.
- wild bean — groundnut (def 1).
- wild boar — a wild Old World swine, Sus scrofa, from which most of the domestic hogs are believed to be derived.