9-letter words containing w, a, n, r, e
- handwrite — to write (something) by hand.
- handwrote — to write (something) by hand.
- hard news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
- hawthorne — Nathaniel, 1804–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- heronshaw — a heron
- innerwear — garments worn on or near the skin, as underwear.
- inwreathe — enwreathe.
- 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.
- lawyering — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
- lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
- man power — the power supplied by human physical exertions: an ancient building constructed entirely by man power.
- 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.
- new sarum — a city in S England, in SE Wiltshire: nearby Old Sarum was the site of an Early Iron Age hill fort; its cathedral (1220–58) has the highest spire in England. Pop: 43 355 (2001)
- new start — an employee who has just joined a company or organization
- newgrange — the largest of three mound-covered passage graves on the river Boyne in county Meath, Ireland, built c3000 b.c., having a corbeled roof and hammered geometric engravings and containing traces of cremation burials.
- newmarket — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NW of Toronto.
- newsboard — bulletin board.
- newsbreak — a newsworthy event or incident.
- newsmaker — a person, thing, or event that is newsworthy: a weekly magazine devoted to stories on newsmakers.
- newspaper — a publication issued at regular and usually close intervals, especially daily or weekly, and commonly containing news, comment, features, and advertising.
- newstrade — newspaper retail as a whole
- nightwear — night clothes.
- nonanswer — The lack of an answer.
- nonlawyer — a person who is not a lawyer
- norwegian — of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.
- 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.
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- power nap — a short sleep taken during the working day with the intention of improving the quality of work later in the day
- prewarned — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
- rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- rainwater — (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.
- raw-boned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- re-answer — to answer (a question, etc) again
- renewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- renewably — in a renewable fashion, in such a way as to be renewable
- rewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- screwbean — a small tree or shrub of the south-western United States that has edible pods
- snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.