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9-letter words containing w, a, n, o, r

  • frogspawn — The eggs of a frog, which are surrounded by transparent jelly.
  • frontward — in a direction toward the front.
  • garryowen — (rugby union) A high short punt onto or behind the defending team.
  • gear down — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
  • handiwork — work done by hand.
  • handwrote — to write (something) by hand.
  • handywork — Dated form of handiwork.
  • harrowing — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
  • hashbrown — Alternative spelling of hash brown.
  • hawthorne — Nathaniel, 1804–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  • hawthorns — Plural form of hawthorn.
  • hawthorny — resembling or characterized by hawthorns
  • heronshaw — a heron
  • hornwrack — a yellowish bryozoan or sea mat sometimes found on beaches after a storm
  • in a word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • ironwoman — a female worker or athlete of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
  • jurywoman — a female juror.
  • landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • lawmonger — an inferior lawyer
  • lawnmower — a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
  • 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.
  • lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
  • 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.
  • moonwards — towards the moon
  • nanoworld — The sphere of influence of nanotechnology.
  • narrowest — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
  • narrowing — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
  • narrowish — somewhat narrow
  • navelwort — a European plant, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, round leaves and yellowish-green flowers.
  • newsboard — bulletin board.
  • nonanswer — The lack of an answer.
  • nonlawyer — a person who is not a lawyer
  • northward — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
  • norwegian — of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.
  • oarswoman — A female rower, especially as a member of a racing team.
  • oarswomen — Plural form of oarswoman.
  • oceanward — Toward the ocean.
  • orwellian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
  • overawing — Present participle of overawe.
  • overdrawn — Past participle of overdraw.
  • own brand — Own brands are products which have the trademark or label of the shop which sells them, especially a supermarket chain. They are normally cheaper than other popular brands.
  • paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
  • phony war — (in wartime) a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
  • portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
  • powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
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