9-letter words containing w, a, n, i
- watermint — Alternative spelling of water mint.
- waterskin — The skin of a goat used as a container for water.
- way point — a place or point between major points on a route.
- way train — a train that stops at way stations
- wayfaring — (of a person) traveling on foot.
- waylaying — Present participle of waylay.
- waypoints — Plural form of waypoint.
- weak link — flaw in a process
- weakening — Present participle of weaken.
- weaklings — Plural form of weakling.
- weanlings — Plural form of weanling.
- weaponize — to supply or equip with a weapon or weapons: to weaponize trucks and helicopters.
- wear thin — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- weariness — physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- wearingly — gradually impairing or wasting: Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
- weaseling — (US) present participle of weasel.
- weightman — a person whose work is to weigh goods or merchandise.
- wen jiabo — 1942- ; premier of China (2002- )
- wernerian — pertaining to or characteristic of the views or the classificatory system of Alfred Werner.
- whangarei — a port in New Zealand, the northernmost city of North Island: oil refinery. Pop: 72 200 (2004 est)
- whip hand — the hand that holds the whip, in driving.
- whipsnake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- white ant — termite
- white-ant — to undermine or subvert from within.
- whiz-bang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- whizzbang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- wiesbaden — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1946.
- wild bean — groundnut (def 1).
- wildlands — land that has not been cultivated, especially land set aside and protected as a wilderness.
- wilsonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Woodrow Wilson.
- wind farm — a large grouping of wind generators or wind plants located at a site having dependable strong winds.
- wind harp — aeolian harp.
- wind sail — a sail rigged over a hatchway, ventilator, or the like, to divert moving air downward into the vessel.
- wind vane — weather vane.
- windblast — a strong, sudden gust of wind.
- windbreak — a growth of trees, a structure of boards, or the like, serving as a shelter from the wind.
- windfalls — Plural form of windfall.
- windgalls — Plural form of windgall.
- windsails — Plural form of windsail.
- windscale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
- windshake — a crack between the annual rings in wood: caused by strong winds bending the tree trunk
- windwards — in the direction of the wind
- wine cask — a strong wooden barrel used to hold wine
- wine palm — any of several palms from whose sap wine is made, as the coquito.
- wine rack — a framework for holding a number of bottles of wine in a horizontal position
- wineglass — a drinking glass, as a goblet, having a foot and a stem and used specifically for serving wine.
- winemaker — an expert in the production of wines.
- wing back — In football, a wing back is a defender who also takes part in attacking play.
- wing case — elytron.
- wing flap — a control flap on the wing of an aeroplane