9-letter words containing w, e, a
- waggeries — Plural form of waggery.
- waghalter — a person likely to be hanged
- wagnerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Richard Wagner or his works: Wagnerian grandeur; a Wagnerian soprano.
- wagoneers — Plural form of wagoneer.
- wagonette — a light, four-wheeled carriage, with or without a top, having a crosswise seat in front and two lengthwise seats facing each other at the back.
- wahpekute — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- waistbelt — a belt encircling the waist
- waistline — the circumference of the body at the waist: exercises to reduce the waistline.
- waiterage — the discharging of waiter duties
- waitering — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waivering — Misspelling of wavering.
- wakeboard — The board one stands on for wakeboarding.
- wakefield — a city in West Yorkshire, in N England: battle 1460.
- wakefully — In a wakeful manner.
- wakeovers — Plural form of wakeover.
- walcheren — an island in SW Netherlands: part of Zeeland province. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
- waldenses — a Christian sect that arose after 1170 in southern France, under the leadership of Pierre Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, and joined the Reformation movement in the 16th century.
- waldflute — an organ flute stop
- waldgrave — (in the Holy Roman Empire) an officer having jurisdiction over a royal forest.
- walk over — If someone walks over you, they treat you very badly.
- walker-on — someone who has a small part in a play or theatrical entertainment, esp one without any lines
- walkovers — Plural form of walkover.
- wall fern — the polypody, especially Polypodium vulgare or P. virginianum.
- wall game — a type of football played at Eton against a wall
- wall tent — a tent having four perpendicular sides, usually larger and with more headroom than most pyramid-shaped tents.
- wall-eyed — having eyes in which there is an abnormal amount of the white showing, because of divergent strabismus.
- wall-like — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- wallabies — Plural form of wallaby.
- wallensis — Sir William, Wallace, Sir William.
- wallering — (slang, US, pejorative) present participle of waller.
- wallopers — Plural form of walloper.
- wallopped — Simple past tense and past participle of wallop.
- wallpaper — paper, usually with printed decorative patterns in color, for pasting on and covering the walls or ceilings of rooms, hallways, etc.
- wanamaker — John, 1838–1922, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.
- wanderers — Mechanics. the drift of a gyroscope or a similar device.
- wandering — moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: wandering tourists.
- wannabees — Plural form of wannabee.
- wantonize — to make (something) wanton
- wapentake — (formerly in N England and the Midlands) a subdivision of a shire or county corresponding to a hundred.
- wapperjaw — Informal. a projecting underjaw.
- war bride — a woman who marries a serviceman about to go overseas in wartime.
- war chest — money set aside or scheduled for a particular purpose or activity, as for a political campaign or organizational drive.
- war crime — Usually, war crimes. crimes committed against an enemy, prisoners of war, or subjects in wartime that violate international agreements or, as in the case of genocide, are offenses against humanity.
- war dance — a dance preliminary to going into battle or in celebration of a victory, as formerly among American Indians.
- war fever — widespread enthusiasm for going to war
- war grave — a grave of a person killed in battle; a ship that was sunk in battle with troops aboard
- war horse — a horse used in war; charger.
- war-horse — a horse used in war; charger.
- war-weary — utterly exhausted and dejected by war, especially after a prolonged conflict.
- warbonnet — Alternative spelling of war bonnet.