9-letter words containing wi
- housewife — Sometimes Offensive. a married woman who manages her own household, especially as her principal occupation.
- housewive — (transitive) To manage with skill and economy.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- inbetwixt — (archaic) between; in between.
- indrawing — An inhale of breath.
- inflowing — Flowing inward.
- ingrowing — growing into the flesh: an ingrowing nail.
- inswinger — a bowled ball that veers from off side to leg side.
- interwind — Wind together.
- intwining — Present participle of intwine.
- iron will — stubbornness, determination
- jigsawing — Present participle of jigsaw.
- jump wire — jumper1 (def 6).
- kennewick — a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- kiddywink — a child
- kiwifruit — Alternative spelling of kiwi fruit.
- knowingly — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
- kowtowing — Present participle of kowtow.
- krakowiak — a lively Polish folk dance in duple meter with syncopated accents.
- kuskokwim — a river in SW Alaska, flowing SW to the Bering Sea. About 724 miles (1170 km) long.
- lacewings — Plural form of lacewing.
- land wind — land breeze.
- land with — to give to, so as to put in difficulties; cause to be burdened with
- land-wind — a wind that comes from the land
- langwidge — Eye dialect of language.
- leastwise — at least; at any rate.
- left wing — members of a liberal or radical political party, or those favoring extensive political reform.
- left-wing — members of a liberal or radical political party, or those favoring extensive political reform.
- leibowitz — René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1913–1972, French conductor and composer, born in Poland.
- lewis gun — a light, air-cooled, gas-operated machine gun with a circular magazine, first used in World War I.
- lime twig — a twig smeared with birdlime to catch birds.
- linewidth — (physics) a measure of the width of the band of frequencies of radiation emitted or absorbed in an atomic or molecular transition; a result of the uncertainty principle.
- litz wire — a wire used as a conductor of alternating current, composed of a number of insulated strands woven together to reduce skin effect.
- live wire — an energetic, keenly alert person.
- live with — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- livewires — Plural form of livewire.
- ludwig ii — German name of Louis II.
- make with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
- meet with — to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter: I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments.
- mellowing — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- mess with — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- microwire — A very small diameter wire, especially one with a glass coating.
- midwicket — (cricket) a fielding position, about 40° forward of square on the leg side, between square leg and mid on.
- midwifery — the technique or practice of a midwife.
- midwifing — (rare) present participle of midwife More commonly midwiving.
- midwinter — the middle of winter.
- moneywise — In terms of money; financially speaking.
- narrowing — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.