9-letter words containing w, r, e, n
- wasserman — (obsolete) A mythical sea-monster, being part-man, and thought to destroy ships.
- water gun — water pistol.
- water hen — moorhen (def 1).
- waterings — Plural form of watering.
- waterline — Nautical. the part of the outside of a ship's hull that is just at the water level.
- watermint — Alternative spelling of water mint.
- waterskin — The skin of a goat used as a container for water.
- watertown — a town in E Massachusetts, on the Charles River, near Boston: U.S. arsenal.
- waterworn — worn by the action of water; smoothed by the force or movement of water.
- watterson — Henry ("Marse Henry") 1840–1921, U.S. journalist and political leader.
- wavefront — a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same.
- weaponeer — Military. a person who prepares an atomic bomb for detonation.
- wear down — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- wear thin — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- weariness — physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- wearingly — gradually impairing or wasting: Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
- weedgrown — Overgrown with weeds.
- weekender — a person who goes on a weekend vacation.
- weirdness — involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound; weird lights.
- weisshorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Alps. 14,804 feet (4512 meters).
- well-born — born of a good, noble, or highly esteemed family.
- well-worn — showing the effects of extensive use or wear: well-worn carpets.
- wellanear — alas!
- weltering — to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
- wentworth — Thomas, 1st Earl of Strafford, Strafford, 1st Earl of.
- werehyena — A mythological or folkloric shapeshifter capable of assuming the shape of a hyena.
- werelions — Plural form of werelion.
- wergeland — Henrik Arnold. 1808–45, Norwegian poet and nationalist, remembered for his lyric and narrative verse
- wernerian — pertaining to or characteristic of the views or the classificatory system of Alfred Werner.
- wernerite — a variety of scapolite.
- werowance — (historical) A chief of an American Indian tribe in colonial Virginia and Maryland.
- westering — moving or shifting toward the west: the westering sun; a westering wind.
- westerner — a native or inhabitant of the West, especially of the western U.S.
- westernly — (obsolete) In or towards the west. (16th-19th c.).
- wet nurse — woman hired to breast-feeds another's child
- wet-nurse — to act as a wet nurse to (an infant).
- wethering — Present participle of wether.
- whangarei — a port in New Zealand, the northernmost city of North Island: oil refinery. Pop: 72 200 (2004 est)
- whereinto — Into which.
- whereness — the state of having a place; position
- whereunto — (archaic or formal, interrogative) unto what; to what purpose.
- whereupon — Immediately after which.
- whirlbone — Alternative form of whirl-bone.
- whiteners — Plural form of whitener.
- wildering — (botany) A plant growing in a state of nature, especially one that has run wild or escaped from cultivation.
- willinger — Comparative form of willing.
- wind rose — a map symbol showing, for a given locality or area, the frequency and strength of the wind from various directions.
- windborne — Carried by the wind.
- windbreak — a growth of trees, a structure of boards, or the like, serving as a shelter from the wind.
- windhover — the kestrel, Falco tinnunculus.