9-letter words containing w, e
- bowerbird — any of various songbirds of the family Ptilonorhynchidae, of Australia and New Guinea. The males build bower-like display grounds in the breeding season to attract the females
- bowhunter — a person who hunts with a bow
- bowl game — bowl1 (def 8).
- bowl over — To bowl someone over means to push into them and make them fall to the ground.
- bowlegged — having bowlegs
- brainwave — If you have a brainwave, you suddenly have a clever idea.
- brand new — entirely new.
- brand-new — A brand-new object is completely new.
- brassware — articles made of brass, considered as a group
- breakaway — A breakaway group is a group of people who have separated from a larger group, for example because of a disagreement.
- breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- breakwall — breakwater
- breezeway — a roofed passageway connecting two buildings, sometimes with the sides enclosed
- brentwood — a residential town in SE England, in SW Essex near London. Pop: 47 593 (2001)
- brewhouse — a brewery
- bridewell — a house of correction; jail, esp for minor offences
- bridleway — A bridleway is the same as a bridle path.
- brierwood — brierroot
- broadwife — a female slave whose husband was owned by another master.
- broadwise — breadthwise
- brookweed — either of two white-flowered primulaceous plants, Samolus valerandi of Europe or S. floribundus of North America, growing in moist places
- brown ale — a rich ale made with brown or dark malt
- browridge — the ridge of bone over the eye sockets
- browsable — able to be browsed
- buckwheat — Buckwheat is a type of small black grain used for feeding animals and making flour. Buckwheat also refers to the flour itself.
- bugleweed — any aromatic plant of the genus Lycopus, having small whitish or pale blue flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- bush wren — a wren, Xenicus longipes, occurring in New Zealand: family Xenicidae
- butt weld — a welded butt joint
- by weight — as determined by weighing
- byrewoman — a woman who works in a byre
- bytownite — a rare plagioclase found in alkaline igneous rocks
- cableways — Plural form of cableway.
- cakewalks — Plural form of cakewalk.
- callowest — Superlative form of callow.
- cam wheel — a wheel, with an off-center axis or irregular shape, that functions as a cam.
- candlewax — The wax of a candle.
- cap screw — a screwed bolt with a cylindrical head having a hexagonal recess. The bolt is turned using a wrench of hexagonal cross section
- cape town — the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)
- cape work — the skillful practice of a bullfighter in using a cape to maneuver a bull.
- cartwheel — If you do a cartwheel, you do a fast, circular movement with your body. You fall sideways, put your hands on the ground, swing your legs over, and return to a standing position.
- case-work — the work of investigation, advice, supervision, etc., by social workers or the like, in cases handled by them.
- caseworms — Plural form of caseworm.
- catchweed — a weedy plant with a prickly stem
- caterwaul — If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
- causeways — Plural form of causeway.
- cavewoman — A prehistoric woman who lived in caves.
- cavewomen — Plural form of cavewoman.
- cd writer — A CD writer is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a computer onto a CD.
- cedarwood — the wood of a cedar tree
- cell wall — the outer layer of a cell, esp the structure in plant cells that consists of cellulose, lignin, etc, and gives mechanical support to the cell