9-letter words containing w, e, a
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
- 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.
- perp walk — an arranged public appearance of a recently arrested criminal for the benefit of the media
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- plainview — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- plan view — plan (def 4).
- plateware — household dishes, especially ones made of or plated with gold or silver.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- polokwane — a town in NE South Africa, the capital of Limpopo province: commercial and agricultural centre. Pop: 90 398 (2001)
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- power mac — (computer) Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. The Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver 2002) was the first Power Mac to clock at 1 GHz. In mid-2003, the Power Mac G5 was released, the first Mac to be based on a 64-bit architecture. IBM manufactured the CPU for this new model. The clock speed was initially 1.6 GHz but a dual 2 GHz system was available in September. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Mac systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. The performance of these unmodified applications is equivalent to a fast 68040-based Macintosh, e.g. a fast Macintosh Quadra. The Power Mac runs Macintosh operating system from System 7.5 to Mac OS 8.5.
- power nap — a short sleep taken during the working day with the intention of improving the quality of work later in the day
- power-saw — to cut with a power saw.
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- powerplay — behaviour intended to maximise person's power
- powfagged — exhausted
- prewarned — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
- prewashed — being washed before sale, especially to produce a soft texture or a worn look: prewashed blue jeans.
- 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.
- race-walk — to participate in race walking.
- 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.
- raw score — the original score, as of a test, before it is statistically adjusted.
- raw umber — an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- raw-boned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- re-answer — to answer (a question, etc) again
- red dwarf — any of the faint reddish stars having diameters about half that of the sun and low surface temperatures, about 2000–3000 K; a main sequence star of spectral type M.
- red water — Texas fever
- reforward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- renewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- renewably — in a renewable fashion, in such a way as to be renewable
- reswallow — to swallow again
- rewa-rewa — a tall proteaceous tree of New Zealand, Knightia excelsa, yielding a beautiful reddish timber
- rewardful — offering reward; rewarding
- 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.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- rosewater — perfume, flavouring from rose petals
- saber saw — a portable electric jigsaw.
- sabre saw — a portable electric saw with a narrow, oscillating blade
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- sacagawea — ("Bird Woman") 1787?–1812? Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.
- sacajawea — ("Bird Woman") 1787?–1812? Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.
- saddlebow — the arched front part of a saddle or saddletree.
- safflower — a thistlelike composite plant, Carthamus tinctorius, native to the Old World, having finely toothed leaves and large, orange-red flower heads.