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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
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