9-letter words containing w, a
- duckwheat — India wheat.
- dwarflike — Resembling a dwarf or some aspect of one; small, diminutive.
- dwarfling — A diminutive dwarf.
- dwarfness — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- eachwhere — all over or in every place
- eagle owl — any of several large owls of the genus Bubo, having prominent tufts of feathers on each side of the head, especially B. bubo of Europe and Asia.
- eaglewood — agalloch.
- ear sewer — Dialect. a dragonfly.
- earlywood — the light-coloured wood made by a tree in the spring that shows up in the yearly growth ring
- earthward — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- earthwork — excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation.
- earthworm — any one of numerous annelid worms that burrow in soil and feed on soil nutrients and decaying organic matter.
- earwigged — Simple past tense and past participle of earwig.
- earwormed — a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.
- east-west — occurring between the East and the West, especially, formerly, occurring between the Soviet Union and the U.S.: East-West trade; East-West relations.
- eastwards — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- eatontown — a borough in E central New Jersey.
- ebbw vale — a town in S Wales, in Blaenau Gwent county borough: a former coal mining centre. Pop: 18 558 (2001)
- ecofallow — a method of farming that diminishes weeds and conserves water by rotating crops and reducing or eliminating tillage.
- edge wave — a wave aligned at right angles to the shoreline.
- edward ii — 1284–1327, king of England 1307–27 (son of Edward I).
- edward iv — 1442–83, king of England 1461–70, 1471–1483: 1st king of the house of York.
- edward vi — 1537–53, king of England 1547–53 (son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour).
- edwardian — of or relating to the reign of Edward VII.
- enswathed — Simple past tense and past participle of enswathe.
- entryways — Plural form of entryway.
- enwrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of enwrap.
- enwreathe — Surround or envelop (something).
- erew pram — exclusive read, exclusive write PRAM.
- eyeshadow — A colored cosmetic, typically in powder form, applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.
- face down — Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
- fade away — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- fadeaways — Plural form of fadeaway.
- fair lawn — a city in NE New Jersey.
- fake news — false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting
- fake-down — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- fall away — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fall down — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fall wind — a strong, cold, downhill wind.
- fallowers — Plural form of fallower.
- fallowing — (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
- falsework — framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself.
- fancywork — ornamental needlework.
- farewells — Plural form of farewell.
- farmwoman — a woman who operates a farm or cultivates land.
- farrowing — a litter of pigs.
- fawn lily — any of several lilies of the genus Erythronium, of western North America, as E. californicum, having mottled leaves and cream-white flowers.
- fawningly — In a feigning manner; falsely.
- feedwater — water to be supplied to a boiler from a tank or condenser for conversion into steam.
- fellowman — another member of the human race, especially a kindred human being: Don't deny full recognition to your fellowmen.