9-letter words containing w, r, u
- uncrowded — filled to excess; packed.
- uncrowned — not crowned; not having yet assumed the crown.
- under way — If an activity is under way, it has already started. If an activity gets under way, it starts.
- underdraw — to line the underside of (a structure, as a floor) with plasterwork, boarding, or the like.
- underflow — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- undergown — a gown worn under another article of clothing
- underwear — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- underwent — simple past tense of undergo.
- underwing — one of the hind wings of an insect.
- underwire — a wire sewn into the underside of each cup of a brassiere, used for support and shape.
- underwood — woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
- underwool — underfur.
- underwork — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- undrowned — not drowned
- unrenewed — to begin or take up again, as an acquaintance, a conversation, etc.; resume.
- unwarlike — not relating to war
- unwavered — to flicker or quiver, as light: A distant beam wavered and then disappeared.
- unwearied — not wearied; not fatigued.
- unwearing — gradually impairing or wasting: Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
- unworldly — not worldly; not seeking material advantage; spiritually minded.
- unworried — having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
- unwrapped — to remove or open the wrapping of.
- unwreaked — not avenged or gratified
- unwreathe — to bring out of a wreathed condition; untwist; untwine.
- unwrinkle — to smooth the wrinkles from.
- unwritten — not actually formulated or expressed; customary; traditional.
- unwrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- 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)
- upwrought — wrought up; agitated
- walpurgis — Saint, a.d. c710–780, English missionary and abbess in Germany: feast day May 1.
- wap forum — (body) The official body developing Wireless Application Protocol.
- war cloud — something that threatens war; a harbinger of conflict.
- warehouse — a building, or a part of one, for the storage of goods, merchandise, etc.
- warmed-up — warmed-over (def 1).
- warmouths — Plural form of warmouth.
- wasterful — Lb obsolete wasteful.
- water bug — any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug)
- water cut — The water cut is the ratio of the water which is produced in a well compared to the volume of the total liquids produced.
- water gum — any of several Australian trees of the myrtle family, growing near water.
- water gun — water pistol.
- water-bus — vaporetto.
- waterbuck — any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus, frequenting marshes and reedy places, especially K. ellipsiprymnus, of eastern and central Africa.
- waterbury — a city in W Connecticut.
- watt-hour — a unit of energy equal to the energy of one watt operating for one hour, equivalent to 3600 joules. Abbreviation: Wh.
- wee hours — the first few hours after midnight
- weird out — to cause (someone) to feel afraid or uncomfortable
- wet nurse — woman hired to breast-feeds another's child
- wet-nurse — to act as a wet nurse to (an infant).
- whereunto — (archaic or formal, interrogative) unto what; to what purpose.
- whereupon — Immediately after which.