9-letter words containing w, a, t
- pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
- plateware — household dishes, especially ones made of or plated with gold or silver.
- play with — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
- postwoman — female postal worker
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- rainwater — (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.
- red water — Texas fever
- right-way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- rightward — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- rosewater — perfume, flavouring from rose petals
- rust away — When a metal object rusts away, it is gradually weakened and destroyed by rust.
- salt away — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- salt well — a well from which brine is obtained.
- saltwater — of or relating to salt water.
- saltworks — (often used with a plural verb) a building or plant where salt is made.
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- scots law — the body of law in force in Scotland
- sea water — Sea water is salt water from the sea.
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- self-want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- shortwall — pertaining to a means of extracting coal when the working face is about a third the length of the longwall system and mining is done by a continuous cutter rather than by longwall machinery.
- shortwave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- show flat — a newly-build flat that is decorated and furnished for prospective buyers to view
- shut away — keep confined
- slantways — aslant; obliquely.
- slantwise — aslant; obliquely.
- slew rate — the rate at which an electronic amplifier can respond to an abrupt change of input level
- slow gait — (of a horse) a slow rack.
- smartweed — any of several weeds of the genus Polygonum, having a smarting, acrid juice.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- spearwort — any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
- squawroot — a fleshy, leafless plant, Conopholis americana, of the broomrape family, native to eastern North America, having a stout, yellowish, conelike stalk of lipped flowers, and growing in clusters, especially under oaks.
- stairwell — the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
- stairwise — by steps or in the manner of steps
- stairwork — unseen plotting
- stalworth — stalwart.
- 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
- star wars — a U.S. weapons research program begun in 1984 to explore technologies, including ground- and space-based lasers, for destroying attacking missiles and warheads.
- statewide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- stay with — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- steelware — products made from steel