9-letter words containing w, e, r, p
- type-word — type (def 8).
- typewrite — use a typewriter
- unwrapped — to remove or open the wrapping of.
- upper jaw — the maxilla or upper part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth. In higher vertebrates the upper jaw is fused to the cranium and the lower jaw (mandible)
- vaporware — Computer Slang. a product, especially software, that is promoted or marketed while it is still in development and that may never be produced.
- wallopers — Plural form of walloper.
- wallpaper — paper, usually with printed decorative patterns in color, for pasting on and covering the walls or ceilings of rooms, hallways, etc.
- wapperjaw — Informal. a projecting underjaw.
- warmed-up — warmed-over (def 1).
- warp beam — a roller, located at the back of a loom, on which the warp ends are wound in preparation for weaving.
- warplanes — Plural form of warplane.
- water gap — a transverse gap in a mountain ridge, cut by and giving passage to a stream or river.
- water pox — chickenpox.
- waterpick — a portable electric appliance that uses a stream of water under force to remove food particles from between the teeth and to massage the gums.
- wave trap — a resonant-circuit filter between the antenna and the receiver for the suppression of unwanted frequencies. Compare resonance (def 5).
- wax paper — a whitish, translucent wrapping paper made moistureproof by a paraffin coating.
- weaponeer — Military. a person who prepares an atomic bomb for detonation.
- wear ship — to change the tack of a sailing vessel, esp a square-rigger, by coming about so that the wind passes astern
- wearproof — resistant to damage or deterioration by normal use or wear.
- web press — a press into which paper is fed automatically from a large roll.
- whereupon — Immediately after which.
- whimpered — to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
- whimperer — One who whimpers.
- whispered — rumored; reported: He is whispered to be planning to run for governor.
- whisperer — a person or thing that whispers.
- wild pear — a wild variety of pear, especially Pyrus pyraster or Pyrus caucasica
- willpower — control of one's impulses and actions; self-control.
- windpower — Power harnessed or generated from the wind.
- winepress — a machine in which the juice from grapes is pressed for wine.
- wire rope — a rope made of or containing strands of wire twisted together.
- wirephoto — a device for transmitting photographs over distances by wire. a photograph so transmitted.
- wonderpop — (language) (WPOP) An implementation of POP for the PDP-10 made by Robert Rae <[email protected]> in Edinburgh in 1976. WonderPop used "cages" for different data types and introduced processes, properties and some typed identifiers.
- word-type — word class; part of speech
- worked up — of, for, or concerning work: work clothes.
- worked-up — excited; perturbed: She's all worked-up about the new deadline.
- workpiece — a piece of work being machined.
- workplace — a person's place of employment.
- workspace — space used or required for one's work, as in an office or home.
- worshiped — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- worshiper — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- wrest pin — peg (def 5).
- wuppertal — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany, in the Ruhr Valley: formed by the union of Barmen, Elberfeld, and smaller communities 1929.