9-letter words containing m, a, e, w
- showmance — a romance between two stars that only lasts for the run of the show
- smartweed — any of several weeds of the genus Polygonum, having a smarting, acrid juice.
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
- stew meat — Stew meat is the same as stewing steak.
- streamway — the bed of a stream.
- swap meet — a fair or bazaar where objects, usually secondhand, are bartered or sold.
- swat team — A SWAT team is a group of policemen who have been specially trained to deal with very dangerous or violent situations. SWAT is an abbreviation for 'Special Weapons and Tactics'.
- sweetmeal — (of biscuits) sweet and wholemeal
- sweetmeat — a sweet delicacy, prepared with sugar, honey, or the like, as preserves, candy, or, formerly, cakes or pastry.
- the woman — feminine nature or feelings
- time warp — a hypothetical eccentricity in the progress of time that would allow movement back and forth between eras or that would permit the passage of time to be suspended.
- tirewoman — a lady's maid.
- unawesome — not awesome
- view mark — a mark stamped on antique armor or metalwork to indicate inspection and approval by the guild or by officials at the place of manufacture.
- wagenboom — a South African tree
- wall game — a type of football played at Eton against a wall
- wanamaker — John, 1838–1922, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.
- war crime — Usually, war crimes. crimes committed against an enemy, prisoners of war, or subjects in wartime that violate international agreements or, as in the case of genocide, are offenses against humanity.
- wardmotes — Plural form of wardmote.
- warerooms — Plural form of wareroom.
- warm over — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- warm tone — a yellow, brown, olive, or reddish tinge in a black-and-white print.
- warmed-up — warmed-over (def 1).
- warmonger — a person who advocates, endorses, or tries to precipitate war.
- warp beam — a roller, located at the back of a loom, on which the warp ends are wound in preparation for weaving.
- washerman — a man who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundryman.
- washermen — Plural form of washerman.
- wasserman — (obsolete) A mythical sea-monster, being part-man, and thought to destroy ships.
- water elm — planer tree.
- water gum — any of several Australian trees of the myrtle family, growing near water.
- watermark — a mark indicating the height to which water rises or has risen, as in a river or inlet.
- watermeal — any of several tiny floating aquatic plants of the genus Wolffia.
- watermill — A mill (for whatever purpose) powered by water.
- watermint — Alternative spelling of water mint.
- wattmeter — a calibrated instrument for measuring electric power in watts.
- wave farm — facility that generates power from the tides
- wave moth — any of several small geometrid moths with wavy markings, such as the common wave (Deilinia exanthemata), with grey-marked wings, and the lighter common white wave (D. pusaria)
- wave-form — the shape of a wave, a graph obtained by plotting the instantaneous values of a periodic quantity against the time.
- waveforms — Plural form of waveform.
- wavemeter — a device for measuring the wavelength or frequency of a radio wave.
- waymarked — Marked with a waymark.
- wearisome — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- web frame — a deep transverse frame reinforcing the hull of a ship.
- webmaster — a person who designs or maintains a website.
- wehrmacht — the German armed forces of the years prior to and during World War II.
- weightman — a person whose work is to weigh goods or merchandise.
- welfarism — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- well-made — skillfully built or constructed: a well-made sofa.
- westmeath — a county in Leinster in the N central Republic of Ireland. 681 sq. mi. (1765 sq. km). County seat: Mullingar.
- wet dream — nocturnal emission.