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9-letter words containing w, i, g, n

  • new right — a group of conservatives whose views diverge from those of traditional conservatives, as in being more staunchly opposed to abortion or defense cuts.
  • newington — a town in S Connecticut.
  • newsgirls — Plural form of newsgirl.
  • night owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
  • night-owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
  • nightglow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
  • nightgown — a loose gown, worn in bed by women or children.
  • nighthawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
  • nightward — heading towards night, heading westwards
  • nightwear — night clothes.
  • nonwinged — without wings; not winged
  • norwegian — of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.
  • outlawing — Present participle of outlaw.
  • outswings — Plural form of outswing.
  • overawing — Present participle of overawe.
  • overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • right now — at this precise moment
  • sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
  • schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
  • scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
  • shadowing — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • sign away — a token; indication.
  • skewering — a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
  • snow ring — basket (def 8).
  • sorrowing — experiencing or expressing sorrow
  • sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
  • squawking — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
  • sweepings — of wide range or scope.
  • sweptwing — (of an aircraft, winged missile, etc.) having sweptback wings.
  • swing leg — a leg at the end of a hinged rail, swinging out to support a drop leaf.
  • swing-bin — a rubbish bin with a hinged lid, used esp in a kitchen or bathroom
  • swingback — (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology: We must fight any swingback to isolationism.
  • swingbeat — a type of modern dance music that combines soul, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop
  • swingboat — a piece of fairground equipment consisting of a boat-shaped carriage for swinging in
  • swingeing — enormous; thumping.
  • swingover — a shift or transfer in attitude, opinion, or the like.
  • swingtail — denoting an aircraft with a rear portion that can be opened to assist in loading cargo
  • swingtree — a whiffletree.
  • switching — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
  • take wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
  • thwarting — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
  • towelling — a narrow fabric of cotton or linen, in plain, twill, or huck weave, used for hand towels or dishtowels.
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