9-letter words containing t, w, i, r
- stairwork — unseen plotting
- stickwork — a player's degree of competence or proficiency as a baseball batter, hockey or lacrosse player, etc.: Frequent practice improved his stickwork.
- stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
- storewide — applying to all the merchandise or all the departments within a store: the annual storewide clearance sale.
- 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.
- swimmeret — (in many crustaceans) one of a number of abdominal limbs or appendages, usually adapted for swimming and for carrying eggs, as distinguished from other limbs adapted for walking or seizing.
- swingtree — a whiffletree.
- 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
- therewith — with that.
- 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.
- tidewater — water affected by the flow and ebb of the tide.
- tigerwood — a heavily striped wood used in cabinetmaking
- tightwire — tightrope (def 1).
- 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.
- time-worn — worn or impaired by time.
- tirewoman — a lady's maid.
- towerlike — like a tower
- trialware — computer software that can be used free of charge for a limited evaluation period
- trim away — If you trim away or trim off parts of something, you cut them off, because they are not needed.
- triweekly — every three weeks.
- twiforked — having two parts like a fork; bifurcate
- twiformed — consisting of two parts
- twin room — twin1 (def 4).
- twin-room — either of two children or animals brought forth at a birth.
- twinberry — the partridgeberry, Mitchella repens.
- twitterer — a person who posts messages on the Twitter website
- two-timer — to be unfaithful to (a lover or spouse).
- typewrite — use a typewriter
- ultrawide — extremely wide
- unwritten — not actually formulated or expressed; customary; traditional.
- waiterage — the discharging of waiter duties
- waitering — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- war paint — paint applied by American Indians to their faces and bodies before going to war.
- warp ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- warp knit — a fabric or garment so constructed that runs do not occur: knitted from a warp beam that feeds yarn to the knitting frame.
- wasteweir — A weir that allows the escape of excess water from a canal or reservoir.
- water ice — ice formed by direct freezing of fresh or salt water, and not by compacting of snow.
- water-ski — to plane over water on water skis or a water ski by grasping a towing rope pulled by a speedboat.
- waterbird — A bird that frequents water, especially one that habitually wades or swims in fresh water.
- waterings — Plural form of watering.
- waterlike — Resembling water.
- waterlily — Alternative spelling of water lily.
- waterline — Nautical. the part of the outside of a ship's hull that is just at the water level.
- watermill — A mill (for whatever purpose) powered by water.
- watermint — Alternative spelling of water mint.