9-letter words containing k, w, e
- walk over — If someone walks over you, they treat you very badly.
- walker-on — someone who has a small part in a play or theatrical entertainment, esp one without any lines
- walkovers — Plural form of walkover.
- wall-like — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- wanamaker — John, 1838–1922, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.
- wapentake — (formerly in N England and the Midlands) a subdivision of a shire or county corresponding to a hundred.
- water key — a lever to drain saliva from a brass musical instrument, as the trombone.
- water oak — an oak, Quercus nigra, of the southern U.S., growing chiefly along streams and swamps.
- water-ski — to plane over water on water skis or a water ski by grasping a towing rope pulled by a speedboat.
- waterbuck — any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus, frequenting marshes and reedy places, especially K. ellipsiprymnus, of eastern and central Africa.
- waterlike — Resembling water.
- watermark — a mark indicating the height to which water rises or has risen, as in a river or inlet.
- waterpick — a portable electric appliance that uses a stream of water under force to remove food particles from between the teeth and to massage the gums.
- waterskin — The skin of a goat used as a container for water.
- waterwork — (arts) painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls.
- wave tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
- waxworker — A worker in the wax industry.
- waymarked — Marked with a waymark.
- weak link — flaw in a process
- weak side — the side of the offensive line opposite the side with the tight end, thereby the side having the smaller number of players.
- weak spot — some aspect of a character or situation that is susceptible to criticism
- weak verb — a regular verb
- weakening — Present participle of weaken.
- weakliest — Superlative form of weakly.
- weaklings — Plural form of weakling.
- weaknesse — Obsolete form of weakness.
- wedgelike — Shaped like a wedge.
- weekended — Simple past tense and past participle of weekend.
- weekender — a person who goes on a weekend vacation.
- weeknight — any night of the week, usually except Saturday and Sunday.
- weft ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- well kept — simple past tense and past participle of keep.
- well-kept — simple past tense and past participle of keep.
- well-knit — closely joined together or related; firmly constructed: a well-knit society; a well-knit plot; a muscular, well-knit body.
- wellknown — (nonstandard) Alternative form of well-known.
- 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.
- westbrook — a city in SW Maine.
- whaleback — Nautical. a cargo vessel having a hull with a convex deck. a deck or cover curving upward.
- whalelike — Resembling a whale or some aspect of one.
- wheelwork — a train of gears, as in a timepiece.
- whickered — Simple past tense and past participle of whicker.
- whipsnake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- whiskered — having, wearing, or covered with whiskers.
- whit week — Whitsuntide.
- white oak — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- whitebark — The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.
- whittaker — Charles Evans, 1901–73, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1957–62.
- wickedest — evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- wickliffe — John, c1320–84, English theologian, religious reformer, and Biblical translator.
- wideawake — (historical) A type of hat, with a broad brim made of black or brown felt.