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9-letter words containing r, a, w, i

  • marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
  • 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.
  • miter saw — a backsaw used for cutting miters.
  • narrowing — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
  • narrowish — somewhat narrow
  • nightward — heading towards night, heading westwards
  • nightwear — night clothes.
  • norwegian — of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.
  • 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).
  • overawing — Present participle of overawe.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
  • price war — intensive competition, especially among retailers, in which prices are repeatedly cut in order to undersell competitors or sometimes to force smaller competitors out of business.
  • quickdraw — (climbing) A set of two carabiners connected by a strap.
  • 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.
  • rauwolfia — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rauwolfia, as R. serpentina, of India.
  • rawlinson — George, 1812–1902, English historian.
  • rewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
  • right-way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
  • rightward — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
  • riverwalk — a paved walkway along the side of a river
  • riverward — Also, riverwards. toward a river.
  • sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
  • sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
  • scarfwise — in the manner of a scarf
  • scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
  • scrimshaw — a carved or engraved article, especially of whale ivory, whalebone, walrus tusks, or the like, made by whalers as a leisure occupation.
  • semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
  • sidewards — towards one side
  • sioux war — any of a series of skirmishes or wars between the Sioux Indians and settlers or the U.S. Army from 1854 to 1890.
  • sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
  • stairwell — the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
  • stairwise — by steps or in the manner of steps
  • stairwork — unseen plotting
  • stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
  • superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
  • swartzite — a hydrous carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and uranium, occurring in green crystals: an ore of uranium.
  • swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
  • tailwater — the water in a tailrace.
  • tap swirl — a device used to direct the flow of water from a tap in a sink
  • taperwise — in the manner of a taper
  • third way — The Third Way is used to refer to a set of political beliefs and principles that is neither extremely right-wing nor extremely left-wing.
  • thwarting — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
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