9-letter words containing t, o, w, a
- matholwch — a legendary king of Ireland and the husband of Branwen.
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- microwatt — a unit of power equal to one millionth of a watt. Symbol: μW, μ w.
- motorways — Plural form of motorway.
- mouthwash — a solution, often containing antiseptic, astringent, and breath-sweetening agents, used for cleansing the mouth and teeth, and for gargling.
- narrowest — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- navelwort — a European plant, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, round leaves and yellowish-green flowers.
- newtonian — of or relating to Sir Isaac Newton or to his theories or discoveries: Newtonian physics.
- northward — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- not a few — quite a lot
- old sweat — an old soldier; veteran
- outerwear — garments, as raincoats or overcoats, worn over other clothing for warmth or protection outdoors; overclothes.
- outlawing — Present participle of outlaw.
- outswears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outswear.
- outwardly — as regards appearance or outward manifestation: outwardly charming; outwardly considerate.
- outwashes — Plural form of outwash.
- overwatch — to watch over.
- overwater — to give too much water to
- paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
- part work — magazine series
- pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
- patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
- pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
- postwoman — female postal worker
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- rosewater — perfume, flavouring from rose petals
- saltworks — (often used with a plural verb) a building or plant where salt is made.
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- scots law — the body of law in force in Scotland
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- shortwall — pertaining to a means of extracting coal when the working face is about a third the length of the longwall system and mining is done by a continuous cutter rather than by longwall machinery.
- shortwave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- show flat — a newly-build flat that is decorated and furnished for prospective buyers to view
- slow gait — (of a horse) a slow rack.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- spearwort — any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
- squawroot — a fleshy, leafless plant, Conopholis americana, of the broomrape family, native to eastern North America, having a stout, yellowish, conelike stalk of lipped flowers, and growing in clusters, especially under oaks.
- stairwork — unseen plotting
- stalworth — stalwart.
- standdown — the action of ending military activities or active duty temporarily, or a period or condition of being temporarily relieved from active duty
- stone saw — an untoothed iron saw used to cut stone
- stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
- stoneware — a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.