9-letter words containing w, e, a
- hacksawed — Simple past tense and past participle of hacksaw.
- hairweave — the process of hairweaving.
- halesowen — a town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 273 (2001)
- halloween — the evening of October 31; the eve of All Saints' Day; Allhallows Eve: observed especially by children in costumes who solicit treats, often by threatening minor pranks.
- hand-sewn — sewn by hand.
- handtowel — a small piece of thick soft cloth used to dry the hands
- handwheel — a wheel, as a valve wheel, turned by hand.
- handwoven — made on a handloom; handloomed.
- handwrite — to write (something) by hand.
- handwrote — to write (something) by hand.
- hansetown — Hansa (def 3).
- hard news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
- hardwired — Computers. built into a computer's hardware and thus not readily changed. (of a terminal) connected to a computer by a direct circuit rather than through a switching network.
- hardwires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hardwire.
- hawk-eyed — having very keen sight: a hawk-eyed guard.
- hawke bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the E coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- hawkweeds — Plural form of hawkweed.
- hawsehole — a hole in the stem or bow of a vessel for an anchor cable.
- hawsepipe — an iron or steel pipe in the stem or bow of a vessel through which an anchor cable passes.
- hawthorne — Nathaniel, 1804–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- hazelwood — a town in E Missouri.
- head wall — a cliff or steep slope rising at one end of a glaciated valley.
- head wind — wind blowing head-on
- headwards — backwards beyond the original source
- headwater — A tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source.
- headwinds — Plural form of headwind.
- headwords — Plural form of headword.
- heartwood — the hard central wood of the trunk of an exogenous tree; duramen.
- heartworm — a parasitic nematode, Dirofilaria immitis, transmitted by mosquito and invading the heart and pulmonary arteries of dogs, wolves, and foxes throughout its range in tropical, subtropical and, more recently, temperate regions around the world.
- heat wave — an air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly.
- heatwaves — Plural form of heatwave.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- hellwards — towards hell
- hemingway — Ernest (Miller) 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- heronshaw — a heron
- hideaways — Plural form of hideaway.
- hogwaller — Alternative spelling of hog waller.
- holloware — silver dishes, as serving dishes, having some depth (distinguished from flatware).
- homewards — Of or pertaining to leading toward home.
- homewares — (chiefly, British) Furnishings for the home, such as furniture and cushions.
- hot water — trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.
- houseware — Homeware.
- hyperware — (hypertext) Software that implements or uses hypertext.
- hywel dda — known as Hywel the Good. died 950 ad, Welsh prince. He united S and N Wales and codified Welsh law
- ice water — water chilled with or as if with ice.
- ice-water — water chilled with or as if with ice.
- idle away — time, hours: pass lazily
- in a stew — agitated, flustered
- innerwear — garments worn on or near the skin, as underwear.
- inweaving — Present participle of inweave.