9-letter words containing i, r, w
- hardwires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hardwire.
- harrowing — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- haworthia — any of various succulent plants of the genus Haworthia, native to South Africa, having densely overlapping, often warty leaves clustered in rosettes.
- high wire — a tightrope stretched very high above the ground.
- highbrows — Plural form of highbrow.
- holy writ — the Scriptures.
- hornywink — a lapwing
- horsewhip — a whip for controlling horses.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- ice screw — a screwed tubular or solid steel rod with a ring at one end for inserting into ice as an anchor point
- ice water — water chilled with or as if with ice.
- ice-water — water chilled with or as if with ice.
- illawarra — a coastal district of E Australia, in S New South Wales. Pop: 404 626 (2002 est)
- in a word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- in escrow — a contract, deed, bond, or other written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition.
- in flower — When a plant is in flower or when it has come into flower, its flowers have appeared and opened.
- inchworms — Plural form of inchworm.
- indrawing — An inhale of breath.
- indweller — to inhabit.
- ingrowing — growing into the flesh: an ingrowing nail.
- ingrowths — Plural form of ingrowth.
- innerwear — garments worn on or near the skin, as underwear.
- inswinger — a bowled ball that veers from off side to leg side.
- interflow — to flow into each other; intermingle.
- intergrow — to grow among each other
- intertown — Between towns.
- interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- interwebs — Plural form of interweb.
- interwind — Wind together.
- interwork — to work or weave together; interweave.
- interwove — to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
- inworking — an internal operation
- inwreathe — enwreathe.
- inwrought — worked in or closely combined with something.
- irish yew — a variety of yew, Taxus baccata stricta, of Eurasia and northern Africa, having upright branches and dark green foliage with color variations.
- iron will — stubbornness, determination
- ironwoman — a female worker or athlete of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- ironwoods — Plural form of ironwood.
- ironworks — an establishment where iron is smelted or where it is cast or wrought.
- irrawaddy — a river flowing S through Burma (Myanmar) to the Bay of Bengal. 1250 miles (2015 km) long.
- isherwood — Christopher (William Bradshaw) [brad-shaw] /ˈbræd ʃɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, English poet, novelist, and playwright; in the U.S. since 1938.
- ivorywood — the yellowish-white wood of an Australian tree, Siphonodon australe, used for engraving, inlaying, and turnery
- jewelries — articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment.
- jointworm — the larva of any of several chalcid flies of the family Eurytomidae, especially of the genus Harmolita, that feeds within the stems of grasses, often causing a gall near the first joint.
- jump wire — jumper1 (def 6).
- kathiawar — a peninsula on the W coast of India.
- khwarizmi — Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- kiwifruit — Alternative spelling of kiwi fruit.
- krakowiak — a lively Polish folk dance in duple meter with syncopated accents.
- lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.