9-letter words containing w, e, a, r, i
- ice water — water chilled with or as if with ice.
- ice-water — water chilled with or as if with ice.
- innerwear — garments worn on or near the skin, as underwear.
- inwreathe — enwreathe.
- lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.
- lawyering — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
- limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- miter saw — a backsaw used for cutting miters.
- nightwear — night clothes.
- norwegian — of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.
- orwellian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
- overawing — Present participle of overawe.
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- price war — intensive competition, especially among retailers, in which prices are repeatedly cut in order to undersell competitors or sometimes to force smaller competitors out of business.
- rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- rainwater — (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.
- rewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- riverwalk — a paved walkway along the side of a river
- riverward — Also, riverwards. toward a river.
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- scarfwise — in the manner of a scarf
- semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
- sidewards — towards one side
- stairwell — the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
- stairwise — by steps or in the manner of steps
- stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
- superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
- swartzite — a hydrous carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and uranium, occurring in green crystals: an ore of uranium.
- tailwater — the water in a tailrace.
- taperwise — in the manner of a taper
- tidewater — water affected by the flow and ebb of the tide.
- time warp — a hypothetical eccentricity in the progress of time that would allow movement back and forth between eras or that would permit the passage of time to be suspended.
- tirewoman — a lady's maid.
- trialware — computer software that can be used free of charge for a limited evaluation period
- ultrawide — extremely wide
- unwarlike — not relating to war
- unwearied — not wearied; not fatigued.
- unwearing — gradually impairing or wasting: Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
- view mark — a mark stamped on antique armor or metalwork to indicate inspection and approval by the guild or by officials at the place of manufacture.
- viewrinal — a urinal with a small screen at eye level which displays advertisements
- waferlike — Having a shape or texture similar to a wafer.
- waggeries — Plural form of waggery.
- wagnerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Richard Wagner or his works: Wagnerian grandeur; a Wagnerian soprano.
- waiterage — the discharging of waiter duties
- waitering — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waivering — Misspelling of wavering.
- wallering — (slang, US, pejorative) present participle of waller.