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9-letter words containing r, a, w

  • jaywalker — One who jaywalks; someone who has committed jaywalking.-->.
  • jerkwater — Informal. insignificant and out-of-the-way: a jerkwater town.
  • jurywoman — a female juror.
  • karankawa — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians who lived in southeastern Texas until the mid 19th century.
  • kathiawar — a peninsula on the W coast of India.
  • khwarizmi — Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
  • krakowiak — a lively Polish folk dance in duple meter with syncopated accents.
  • ladderway — a vertical passageway with ladders.
  • lag screw — type of threaded bolt
  • lag-screw — to fasten with a lag screw.
  • landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • landwards — Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
  • laserwort — the name given to several umbelliferous woodland plants of the genus Laserpitium, such as Laserpitium latifolium, whose roots are used as a flavouring
  • last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
  • law clerk — an attorney, usually a recent law-school graduate, working as an assistant to a judge or being trained by another attorney.
  • law court — court of law.
  • law lords — (in Britain) members of the House of Lords who sit as the highest court of appeal, although in theory the full House of Lords has this role
  • lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.
  • lawmakers — Plural form of lawmaker.
  • lawmonger — an inferior lawyer
  • lawnmower — a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
  • 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.
  • leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
  • leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
  • leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
  • leewardly — (of a ship) tending to fall to leeward
  • leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
  • legwarmer — a footless, stockinglike knitted covering for the leg, usually worn over tights, trousers, boots, etc., for warmth, as in a dance class or while exercising, or as a fashion accessory.
  • limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
  • loan word — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
  • loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
  • low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
  • low brass — an alloy of about 80 percent copper and 20 percent zinc, with traces of lead and iron.
  • low water — water at its lowest level, as in a river.
  • low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
  • lower jaw — the mandible or lower part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth. In higher vertebrates the lower jaw is fused to the cranium and the upper jaw
  • lowercase — (of an alphabetical letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper name, of the first word in a sentence, etc. Examples: a, b, q, r.
  • lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
  • make-work — work, usually of little importance, created to keep a person from being idle or unemployed.
  • malware's — software intended to damage a computer, mobile device, computer system, or computer network, or to take partial control over its operation: tips on finding and removing viruses, spyware, and other malware.
  • man power — the power supplied by human physical exertions: an ancient building constructed entirely by man power.
  • mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • mark-down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
  • markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
  • marrowfat — a large-seeded variety of pea.
  • marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
  • marrowsky — spoonerism
  • marshwort — A small, white-flowered plant, of the genus Apium, that grows in marshy habitats.
  • mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
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