9-letter words containing i, n, w, a
- mailwomen — Plural form of mailwoman.
- manitowoc — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- meanwhile — meantime.
- milkwoman — A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- nail down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nail-down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- narrowing — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- narrowish — somewhat narrow
- new latin — the Latin that became current, notably in scientific literature, after the Renaissance, c1500. Abbreviation: NL, NL., N.L.
- new media — developing forms of media, usually electronic, regarded as being experimental.
- new spain — the former Spanish possessions in the Western Hemisphere, at one time including South America (except Brazil), Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, Florida, and most of the land in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.
- newmanism — the views and theories of John Henry Newman before his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, in which he held that the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England are compatible with Roman Catholicism.
- newmanite — an adherent of John Henry Newman.
- newmanize — to adopt or follow Newmanism.
- newtonian — of or relating to Sir Isaac Newton or to his theories or discoveries: Newtonian physics.
- nidwalden — a demicanton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 106 sq. mi. (275 sq. km). Capital: Stans.
- nighthawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
- nightward — heading towards night, heading westwards
- nightwear — night clothes.
- norwegian — of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.
- orwellian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
- outlawing — Present participle of outlaw.
- overawing — Present participle of overawe.
- paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
- palm wine — wine made from distilled palm-tree sap.
- paulownia — a Japanese tree, Paulownia tomentosa, of the bignonia family, having showy clusters of pale-violet or blue flowers blossoming in early spring.
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- plain-saw — to reduce (a squared log) to boards with evenly spaced parallel cuts; bastard-saw.
- plainview — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- plan view — plan (def 4).
- railwoman — a female worker on a railway
- rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- rainwater — (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.
- rawlinson — George, 1812–1902, English historian.
- rewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- shadowing — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- sign away — a token; indication.
- sine wave — a periodic oscillation, as simple harmonic motion, having the same geometric representation as a sine function.
- slantwise — aslant; obliquely.
- snakewise — in a snake-like manner
- snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
- spin wave — a magnetic wave propagated through a crystal lattice by a collective excitation of the spin angular momentum of electrons.
- sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- squawking — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- stanisław — Saint. 1030–79, the patron saint of Poland. As Bishop of Cracow (1072–79) he excommunicated King Bolesław II, who arranged his murder. Feast day: May 11