9-letter words containing w, a, t
- walk tall — to have self-respect or pride
- walkabout — Chiefly British. a walking tour. an informal public stroll taken by members of the royal family or by a political figure for the purpose of greeting and being seen by the public.
- walkathon — a long-distance walking race for testing endurance.
- wall knot — a knot forming a knob at the end of a rope, made by unwinding the strands and weaving them together
- wall tent — a tent having four perpendicular sides, usually larger and with more headroom than most pyramid-shaped tents.
- wallchart — (education) A large informational chart, typically hung on the wall of a classroom.
- want knap — a mole hill
- want list — a list of desired items, as stamps, coins, or books, circulated among dealers by a hobbyist, museum, or collector seeking to locate and purchase them.
- wantoning — Present participle of wanton.
- wantonize — to make (something) wanton
- wapentake — (formerly in N England and the Midlands) a subdivision of a shire or county corresponding to a hundred.
- war chest — money set aside or scheduled for a particular purpose or activity, as for a political campaign or organizational drive.
- war paint — paint applied by American Indians to their faces and bodies before going to war.
- war party — U.S. History. a group of American Indians prepared for war.
- war story — an account or anecdote concerning one's personal experiences, especially in military combat, during a war.
- warbonnet — Alternative spelling of war bonnet.
- wardmotes — Plural form of wardmote.
- warm spot — Physiology. a sensory area in the skin that responds to an increase in temperature.
- warm tone — a yellow, brown, olive, or reddish tinge in a black-and-white print.
- warmouths — Plural form of warmouth.
- warp ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- warp knit — a fabric or garment so constructed that runs do not occur: knitted from a warp beam that feeds yarn to the knitting frame.
- warranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- warrantee — a person to whom a warranty is made.
- warranter — One who warrants, gives authority, or legally empowers.
- warrantor — a person who warrants or makes a warranty.
- washcloth — a small cloth for washing one's face or body.
- washstand — a piece of furniture holding a basin, pitcher, etc., for use in washing one's hands and face.
- wasteland — land that is uncultivated or barren.
- wasteless — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- wasteness — the state of lying barren or being waste
- wasterful — Lb obsolete wasteful.
- wasteweir — A weir that allows the escape of excess water from a canal or reservoir.
- wastingly — In a way that causes wastage; wastefully.
- watch cap — U.S. Navy. a dark-blue, knitted woolen cap with a turned-up cuff worn by enlisted personnel on duty in cold weather.
- watch for — be vigilant for, careful of
- watch out — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- watchable — detectable; apparent.
- watchband — a leather, metal, fabric, or plastic bracelet or strap attached to a wrist watch to hold it on the wrist.
- watchcase — the case or outer covering for the works of a watch.
- watchless — not watchful or alert; lacking in vigilance: an irresponsible and watchless sentry.
- watchlist — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- watchouts — the act of looking out for or anticipating something; lookout: Keep a watchout for dishonest behavior.
- watchword — a word or short phrase to be communicated, on challenge, to a sentinel or guard; password or countersign.
- water ash — hoptree.
- water bag — a bag, sometimes made of skin, leather, etc, but in Australia usually canvas, for holding, carrying, and keeping water cool
- water bed — a bed having a liquid-filled rubber or plastic mattress in a rigid, often heated, waterproof frame, and providing a surface that conforms to the sleeper's body in any position.
- water boy — a person who carries a canteen or bucket of drinking water to those too occupied to fetch it, as to soldiers, laborers, or football players.
- water bug — any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug)
- water cut — The water cut is the ratio of the water which is produced in a well compared to the volume of the total liquids produced.