9-letter words containing w, a, n, t
- hawthorny — resembling or characterized by hawthorns
- in a stew — agitated, flustered
- inwreathe — enwreathe.
- jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
- kwangtung — Older Spelling. Guangdong.
- land with — to give to, so as to put in difficulties; cause to be burdened with
- law agent — (in Scotland) a solicitor holding a certificate from the Law Society of Scotland and thereby entitled to appear for a client in any Sheriff Court
- low latin — any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin.
- manitowoc — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- mute swan — a commonly domesticated soundless white swan, Cygnus olor, of Europe and Asia.
- 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 latin — the Latin that became current, notably in scientific literature, after the Renaissance, c1500. Abbreviation: NL, NL., N.L.
- new maths — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- new start — an employee who has just joined a company or organization
- newcastle — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
- newmanite — an adherent of John Henry Newman.
- newmarket — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NW of Toronto.
- news-beat — beat (def 40b).
- newsagent — newsdealer.
- newscasts — Plural form of newscast.
- newsstand — a stall or other place at which newspapers and often periodicals are sold, as on a street corner or in a building lobby.
- newstrade — newspaper retail as a whole
- newtonian — of or relating to Sir Isaac Newton or to his theories or discoveries: Newtonian physics.
- nighthawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
- nightward — heading towards night, heading westwards
- nightwear — night clothes.
- northward — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- not a few — quite a lot
- outlawing — Present participle of outlaw.
- paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
- pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
- portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
- postwoman — female postal worker
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- rainwater — (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.
- road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- self-want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- slantways — aslant; obliquely.
- slantwise — aslant; obliquely.
- standaway — (of a garment) designed or constructed to stand upright or extend outward from the body: a standaway collar.
- standdown — the action of ending military activities or active duty temporarily, or a period or condition of being temporarily relieved from active duty
- stanisław — Saint. 1030–79, the patron saint of Poland. As Bishop of Cracow (1072–79) he excommunicated King Bolesław II, who arranged his murder. Feast day: May 11
- sternward — toward the stern; astern.
- stone saw — an untoothed iron saw used to cut stone
- stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
- stoneware — a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.
- stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.