9-letter words containing w, e, i
- clownlike — Resembling a clown or some aspect of clowns.
- co-winner — one of two or more joint winners.
- co-writer — to coauthor.
- coastwise — along the coast
- colicweed — any of several plants of the genera Dicentra or Corydalis, such as the squirrel corn and Dutchman's-breeches: family Fumariaceae
- copywrite — (rare) To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter.
- cowardice — Cowardice is cowardly behaviour.
- cowardise — Obsolete spelling of cowardice.
- cowfishes — Plural form of cowfish.
- cowritten — to coauthor.
- crimeware — (computing) Software that performs or facilitates illegal activities.
- crimewave — a period of increased criminal activity
- crosswire — Crosshair; reticle.
- crosswise — Crosswise means diagonally across something.
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- dataviews — Graphical user interface development software from V.I.Corporation, aimed at constructing platform-independent interactive views of dynamic data.
- dawsonite — a mineral that is made up of sodium and aluminium hydrous carbonate and occurs in crystalline form
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- dead wire — a wire that is not carrying current
- deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- demiworld — demimonde (defs 4, 5).
- devilwood — a variety of small broadleaf evergreen tree, Osmanthus americanus, native to the southeast US
- dew point — the temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- dew snail — a slug
- deworming — Present participle of deworm.
- dimwitted — a stupid or slow-thinking person.
- dinwiddie — Robert, 1693–1770, British colonial administrator in America: lieutenant governor of Virginia 1751–58.
- dire dawa — city in E Ethiopia: pop. 98,000
- dire wolf — an extinct wolf, Canis dirus, widespread in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch, having a larger body and a smaller brain than the modern wolf.
- disavowed — Deny any responsibility or support for.
- disendows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disendow.
- dishtowel — a towel for drying dishes.
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- dowdiness — The characteristic of being dowdy; frumpiness; plainness.
- dowelling — Present participle of dowel.
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- down-time — (jargon) A period of time during which a (computer) system is not operational, due to a malfunction or maintenance.
- downfield — In or to a position nearer to the opponents' end of a field.
- downiness — The quality of being downy.
- downpipes — Plural form of downpipe.
- downriver — Toward or situated at a point nearer the mouth of a river.
- downsides — Plural form of downside.
- downsized — Simple past tense and past participle of downsize.
- downsizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downsize.
- downslide — a decline or downward trend, as of prices.
- downweigh — (transitive) To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
- 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 rein — to tighten the reins
- drawknife — a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing over a surface.
- drinkware — Vessels from which people drink.