9-letter words containing i, r, w
- lawyering — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
- lifeworld — All the immediate experiences, activities, and contacts that make up the world of an individual or corporate life.
- limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
- litz wire — a wire used as a conductor of alternating current, composed of a number of insulated strands woven together to reduce skin effect.
- live wire — an energetic, keenly alert person.
- liverwort — any mosslike plant of the class Hepaticae, growing chiefly on damp ground, rocks, or on tree trunks and helping the decay of logs and the disintegration of rocks.
- livewires — Plural form of livewire.
- low rider — an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
- lowriding — the practice of traveling in a lowrider.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
- microbrew — beer brewed in a microbrewery.
- microwatt — a unit of power equal to one millionth of a watt. Symbol: μW, μ w.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- microwire — A very small diameter wire, especially one with a glass coating.
- midwifery — the technique or practice of a midwife.
- midwinter — the middle of winter.
- milkworts — Plural form of milkwort.
- minitower — a vertical case, smaller than a tower, designed to house a computer system standing on a desk or floor.
- misgrowth — an abnormal or distorted growth
- misworded — to word incorrectly.
- miter saw — a backsaw used for cutting miters.
- miterwort — any of several plants belonging to the genus Mitella, of the saxifrage family, having a capsule that resembles a bishop's miter.
- mitrewort — any of several plants belonging to the genus Mitella, of the saxifrage family, having a capsule that resembles a bishop's miter.
- narrowing — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- narrowish — somewhat narrow
- new right — a group of conservatives whose views diverge from those of traditional conservatives, as in being more staunchly opposed to abortion or defense cuts.
- newsgirls — Plural form of newsgirl.
- newsprint — a low-grade, machine-finished paper made from wood pulp and a small percentage of sulfite pulp, used chiefly for newspapers.
- newswires — Plural form of newswire.
- nightward — heading towards night, heading westwards
- nightwear — night clothes.
- nonviewer — a person who does not watch (television)
- nonwriter — a person who does not (usually) write or cannot write (well); a person who is not a writer
- northwich — a town in NW England, in Cheshire: salt and chemical industries. Pop: 39 568 (2001)
- norwegian — of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.
- nowhither — to no place; nowhere: paths leading nowhither.
- opium war — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
- 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).
- otherwise — under other circumstances: Otherwise they may get broken.
- outwitter — One who outwits another.
- over with — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
- over-wind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- overawing — Present participle of overawe.
- overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
- overweigh — to exceed in weight; overbalance or outweigh: a respected opinion that overweighs the others.
- overwrite — to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style: He overwrites his essays to the point of absurdity.
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
- part with — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.