9-letter words containing w, a, t, e
- laserwort — the name given to several umbelliferous woodland plants of the genus Laserpitium, such as Laserpitium latifolium, whose roots are used as a flavouring
- late wood — summerwood.
- late-wake — a lyke-wake
- 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
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- leastways — at least; at any rate; leastwise.
- leastwise — at least; at any rate.
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- lightwave — A wave of light.
- limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
- low water — water at its lowest level, as in a river.
- luftwaffe — air force.
- make with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- megawatts — Plural form of megawatt.
- melt away — thaw
- meltwater — water from melted snow or ice.
- metalware — work of metal, especially utensils, flatware, etc.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- mews flat — a flat or apartment situated in a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings
- miter saw — a backsaw used for cutting miters.
- mucksweat — profuse sweat or a state of profuse sweating
- 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.
- nightwear — night clothes.
- not a few — quite a lot
- old sweat — an old soldier; veteran
- outerwear — garments, as raincoats or overcoats, worn over other clothing for warmth or protection outdoors; overclothes.
- outswears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outswear.
- outwashes — Plural form of outwash.
- overwatch — to watch over.
- overwater — to give too much water to
- pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
- pawtucket — a city in NE Rhode Island.
- pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud