9-letter words containing w, e, a, r
- byrewoman — a woman who works in a byre
- cap screw — a screwed bolt with a cylindrical head having a hexagonal recess. The bolt is turned using a wrench of hexagonal cross section
- cape work — the skillful practice of a bullfighter in using a cape to maneuver a bull.
- cartwheel — If you do a cartwheel, you do a fast, circular movement with your body. You fall sideways, put your hands on the ground, swing your legs over, and return to a standing position.
- case-work — the work of investigation, advice, supervision, etc., by social workers or the like, in cases handled by them.
- caseworms — Plural form of caseworm.
- caterwaul — If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
- cedarwood — the wood of a cedar tree
- cellarway — the entrance leading into a cellar
- chartwell — a house near Westerham in Kent: home for 40 years of Sir Winston Churchill
- charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
- chinaware — articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
- clearways — Plural form of clearway.
- clearweed — a plant from the nettle family
- clearwing — any moth of the family Sesiidae (or Aegeriidae), characterized by the absence of scales from the greater part of the wings. They are day-flying and some, such as the hornet clearwing (Sesia apiformis), resemble wasps and other hymenopterans
- cloudware — software that runs and is accessed on remote Internet servers rather than on local servers or personal computers; web-based applications and services.
- coldwater — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- cowardice — Cowardice is cowardly behaviour.
- cowardise — Obsolete spelling of cowardice.
- crazyweed — locoweed
- creamware — a type of earthenware with a deep cream body developed about 1720 and widely produced
- creamwove — (of wove paper) cream-coloured and even-surfaced
- creek war — an uprising in 1813–14 of the Creek Indians against settlers in Alabama: frontier militia from Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi under Andrew Jackson helped defeat the Creek, who ceded two-thirds of their land to the U.S.
- crew pram — concurrent read, exclusive write PRAM.
- crewmates — Plural form of crewmate.
- crewwoman — A female crewmember.
- crimeware — (computing) Software that performs or facilitates illegal activities.
- crimewave — a period of increased criminal activity
- croweater — (Australia, slang) A person from South Australia.
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- cutwaters — Plural form of cutwater.
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- dancewear — clothing, as leotards and tutus, designed for dancing or dance practice.
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- daywalker — (fantasy) One who can go out in the sunlight, distinguished from vampires etc. who cannot.
- dayworker — a person who works during the daytime
- dead wire — a wire that is not carrying current
- death row — If someone is on death row, they are in the part of a prison which contains the cells for criminals who have been sentenced to death.
- deathward — having an inclination or disposition towards death
- deep-draw — to form (tubing, containers, etc.) by pulling strip or sheet metal between suitably formed and spaced dies. Compare cup (def 22).
- deepwater — having or taking place in deep water
- delftware — glazed earthenware, usually blue and white, which originated in Delft
- dewatered — Simple past tense and past participle of dewater.
- dewaterer — a person who or a thing which dewaters
- dire dawa — city in E Ethiopia: pop. 98,000
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- downgrade — a downward slope, especially of a road.
- downrange — (of a missile, space launch, etc.) traveling in a specified direction away from the launch site and toward the target.
- draw fire — If you draw fire for something that you have done, you cause people to criticize you or attack you because of it.
- draw game — a game in which a player must keep drawing pieces from the boneyard until a playable one is drawn.