9-letter words containing t, w, e, r
- pennywort — any of several plants having round or roundish leaves, as the navelwort.
- pet owner — a person who owns a pet
- plateware — household dishes, especially ones made of or plated with gold or silver.
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- power cut — break in electricity supply
- power hit — (Or "power glitch") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply. These can cause crashes and even permanent damage to computers. Computers and other electronic equipment should really include some kind of over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such damamge.
- power set — the collection of all subsets of a given set.
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- pregrowth — the period before something begins to grow
- prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
- prestwick — international airport in W Scotland.
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- rainwater — (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.
- red water — Texas fever
- rewetting — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- rewritten — to write in a different form or manner; revise: to rewrite the entire book.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- rosewater — perfume, flavouring from rose petals
- saltwater — of or relating to salt water.
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- screw nut — a nut threaded to receive a screw.
- screw top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- screw-top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- sea water — Sea water is salt water from the sea.
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- 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.
- shrewdest — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- slew rate — the rate at which an electronic amplifier can respond to an abrupt change of input level
- smartweed — any of several weeds of the genus Polygonum, having a smarting, acrid juice.
- snow tire — an automobile tire with a deep tread or protruding studs to give increased traction on snow or ice.
- snow tyre — a motor vehicle tyre with deep treads and ridges to give improved grip on snow and ice
- snow-tire — an automobile tire with a deep tread or protruding studs to give increased traction on snow or ice.
- spearwort — any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
- stairwell — the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
- stairwise — by steps or in the manner of steps
- steelware — products made from steel
- steelwork — steel parts or articles.
- sternward — toward the stern; astern.
- stewarded — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stewardry — the office or position of a steward or overseer
- stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
- stoneware — a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.
- stonework — any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.
- stonewort — any of a plantlike group of green algae constituting the class Charophyceae, having a jointed body frequently encrusted with lime and usually attached to the bottom in fresh water.
- storewide — applying to all the merchandise or all the departments within a store: the annual storewide clearance sale.
- strawless — without a straw or without straw
- streamway — the bed of a stream.
- strewment — something strewed or intended for strewing, as flowers.
- subwriter — a person carrying out writing tasks for another writer
- swartzite — a hydrous carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and uranium, occurring in green crystals: an ore of uranium.