9-letter words containing w, a
- armyworms — Plural form of armyworm.
- arrow key — (hardware) One of four keys on a keyboard marked with arrows pointing up, down, left and right. The arrow keys are used for such things as moving the cursor in a text document, for moving the input focus between the fields of a form or sometimes for scrolling a picture.
- arrowhead — An arrowhead is the sharp, pointed part of an arrow.
- arrowless — having no arrows
- arrowlike — resembling an arrow
- arrowroot — Arrowroot is a substance obtained from a West Indian plant. It is used in cooking, for example for thickening sauces or in making biscuits.
- arrowwood — any of various trees or shrubs, esp certain viburnums, having long straight tough stems formerly used by North American Indians to make arrows
- arrowworm — any small marine invertebrate of the genus Sagitta, having an elongated transparent body with fins and prehensile oral bristles: phylum Chaetognatha (chaetognaths)
- as few as — You use as few as before a number to suggest that it is surprisingly small.
- asahigawa — a city on W central Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- asahikawa — city in central Hokkaido, Japan: pop. 360,000
- askewness — the state of being askew
- aswan dam — a dam on the Nile built in 1902 and twice raised in height; now replaced by the Aswan High Dam
- at a word — at once
- auschwitz — an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop: 40 686 (2007 est)
- aw shucks — characterized by a shy, embarrassed, often provincial manner.
- aw-shucks — seeming to be modest, self-deprecating, or shy
- awakeness — The quality or state of being awake.
- awakening — the start of a feeling or awareness in a person
- awardable — Capable of being awarded.
- awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- away game — a game played at an opponent's ground
- away goal — a goal scored by a team playing away from its home ground. Away goals count for more than home goals in certain competitions
- away team — a team playing away from its home ground.
- away with — a command for a person to go or be removed
- awesomely — causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear: an awesome sight.
- awesomest — Superlative form of awesome.
- awestrike — to inspire great awe in
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- awfulness — The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.
- awkwardly — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- awl snail — any tiny, usually white land snail of the family Subulinidae, some introduced species being pests of hothouse flowers.
- b & w — black and white
- baby wipe — a disposable moistened medicated paper towel, usually supplied in a plastic drum or packet, used for cleaning babies
- back away — If you back away from a commitment that you made or something that you were involved with in the past, you try to show that you are no longer committed to it or involved with it.
- back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- back-wind — to divert wind against the lee side of (a sail) from another sail.
- backdowns — Plural form of backdown.
- backflows — Plural form of backflow.
- backswept — slanting backwards
- backswing — the movement of a club, bat, or racket backwards, away from the intended point of contact, in preparation for making a stroke
- backsword — a person who uses the backsword
- backwards — If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- backwoods — If you refer to an area as the backwoods, you mean that it is a long way from large towns and is isolated from modern life.
- backwords — Plural form of backword.
- bailiwick — the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
- baldwin i — 1058–1118, crusader and first king of Jerusalem (1100–18), who captured Acre (1104), Beirut (1109), and Sidon (1110)
- ball hawk — Baseball. an outfielder with outstanding defensive skills, especially at fielding fly balls.
- balsawood — The wood of the balsa tree.