9-letter words containing w, e, r, n, i
- nonviewer — a person who does not watch (television)
- nonwriter — a person who does not (usually) write or cannot write (well); a person who is not a writer
- norwegian — of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.
- nowhither — to no place; nowhere: paths leading nowhither.
- orwellian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
- over-wind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- overawing — Present participle of overawe.
- overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- 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.
- pinwrench — wrench with a projection to fit a hole
- powdering — a thin sprinkling of something on a surface
- prewiring — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- 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.
- reflowing — an occurrence of flowing again
- rewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- rewetting — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- rewilding — to introduce (animals or plants) to their original habitat or to a habitat similar to their natural one: proposals to rewild elephants to the American plains.
- rewinding — an act or instance of rewinding.
- reworking — revised version
- rewritten — to write in a different form or manner; revise: to rewrite the entire book.
- rice wine — sake: for drinking
- ride down — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- rosé wine — alcoholic drink: pink wine
- rosinweed — any coarse, North American, composite plant of the genus Silphium, having a resinous juice and stalkless, paired leaves.
- rowdiness — a rough, disorderly person.
- ruwenzori — a mountain group in central Africa between Lake Albert and Lake Edward: sometimes identified with Ptolemy's “Mountains of the Moon.” Highest peak, Mt. Ngaliema (Stanley), with two summits: Mt. Margherita, 16,795 feet (5119 meters), and Mt. Alexandra, 16,726 feet (5098 meters).
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
- shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
- skewering — a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
- snow tire — an automobile tire with a deep tread or protruding studs to give increased traction on snow or ice.
- snow-tire — an automobile tire with a deep tread or protruding studs to give increased traction on snow or ice.
- sweirness — the state of being slothful
- swinburne — Algernon Charles, 1837–1909, English poet and critic.
- swineherd — a person who tends swine.
- swingover — a shift or transfer in attitude, opinion, or the like.
- swingtree — a whiffletree.
- time-worn — worn or impaired by time.
- tirewoman — a lady's maid.
- twinberry — the partridgeberry, Mitchella repens.
- underwing — one of the hind wings of an insect.
- underwire — a wire sewn into the underside of each cup of a brassiere, used for support and shape.
- unwarlike — not relating to war
- unwearied — not wearied; not fatigued.
- unwearing — gradually impairing or wasting: Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
- unworried — having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
- unwrinkle — to smooth the wrinkles from.