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9-letter words containing w, e, r, o, a

  • newsboard — bulletin board.
  • nonanswer — The lack of an answer.
  • nonlawyer — a person who is not a lawyer
  • norwegian — of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.
  • oarswomen — Plural form of oarswoman.
  • oceanward — Toward the ocean.
  • 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).
  • outerwear — garments, as raincoats or overcoats, worn over other clothing for warmth or protection outdoors; overclothes.
  • outswears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outswear.
  • overawing — Present participle of overawe.
  • overdrawn — Past participle of overdraw.
  • overdraws — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdraw.
  • overswear — to swear again
  • overwatch — to watch over.
  • overwater — to give too much water to
  • overweary — excessively weary; tired out.
  • paperwork — written or clerical work, as records or reports, forming a necessary but often a routine and secondary part of some work or job.
  • pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
  • plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
  • 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
  • rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
  • raw score — the original score, as of a test, before it is statistically adjusted.
  • raw-boned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
  • reforward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
  • reswallow — to swallow again
  • rockwater — water that comes out of rock
  • rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
  • rosewater — perfume, flavouring from rose petals
  • safflower — a thistlelike composite plant, Carthamus tinctorius, native to the Old World, having finely toothed leaves and large, orange-red flower heads.
  • scalework — an ornamentation technique used to depict scales on fish or other creatures
  • scarecrow — an object, usually a figure of a person in old clothes, set up to frighten crows or other birds away from crops.
  • sea power — naval strength.
  • seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • shallower — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
  • shoreward — Also, shorewards. toward the shore or land.
  • shortwave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
  • snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
  • snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
  • spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
  • spearwort — any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
  • stoneware — a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.
  • swear for — to give assurance for; guarantee
  • swear off — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
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