9-Letter Words Starting with W

Whereas

Why so terribly old (wordplay)

O Romeo, Romeo! - art thou Romeo? (R&J)

It means "why," even in Romeo and Juliet

Whence

Quaint conjunction

For what purpose

At which point our nephew struggled

As a consequence

At which point

Position accompanied by what (wordplay)

By means of which

Wherry

It gives an edge to the news broadcast

He sent two bucks for sharpener

Agent for getting an edge on

Wheyface

Eh, any one is fine

Any one that

Whicker

Whiffler

Whiffle

Whimbrel

Betrayed fear

Capricious rule upholds that man thus

Fanciful or playful

Word for Milne's works.

Whinchat

Whinge

In a whining manner; in a tone of mean complaint.

Whinny

Sounding hoarse

How a horse might be complaining, eating noisily outside

""A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to other kind of darkcolored unstratified rocks which resist the point of the pick. for example, to masses of chert. Whindikes, and whinsills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt. Whindikes, and whinsills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt.""

Whipcord

Whippy

Whipping

Jerked in two directions at once

The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.

Whiptail

Whipworm

Whirly

Top beetle (wordplay)

Spinning toy - dizzying events

Spinning top - water beetle

Charybdis, for one

Eddy's to play polo (wordplay)

Physical therapy device

A reeling blow (wordplay)

E.g. a dust devil

Fast-moving (figurative)

Whirry

Whisht

Like "Trade" and "Mark."

Catlike, in a way

Describes Bluebeard.

Spoke very softly

Spoke or uttered softly

Spoke in hushed tones

Hushed speaker

London colonel carries fashionable weight

Refs, at times

Wolf's action (wordplay)

Game fish blowing the gaff

Making music through pursed lips

Bread used for catching fish (wordplay)

Young of herrings

Fish pasty temptation

Headwear for Vanna (wordplay)

Wind-whipped waves

Sign of rough seas

Clown's cover-up

Lake Placid's impressive mountain.

Hereford

Cod, whiting, etc

Plaice or cod etc.

Angler's catch in the Great Lakes

Hoary mathematician (wordplay)

Dermatologist's concern

Colson whose 2019 "The Nickel Boys" is based on a true horror story

Certain shoe polishes

Toothpaste additives

Toothpaste ingredients

Quality of new-fallen snow

New thesis about anaemic look

Innocence.

Claim for many a toothpaste

Whiteout

Deer feature, perhaps

Virginia deer.

Tire on the road

Tire type with two-tone sidewall

Well, I thaw out tire

Milk bath (wordplay)

Betty's laundry (wordplay)

A very clean sweep (wordplay)

Part of a dove (wordplay)

""The soft and easilyworked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc. Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.""

Whitrack

Rural wood workers

Whittle

Whittret

Topnotch coiffurists (wordplay)

Hairdo for experts (wordplay)

Light shell (WW1 slang), firework

High-explosive shell used in World War I

Some mystery stories

Detective stories

Christie creations

Quite possibly the butler (wordplay)

Mystery rogue I hunt down

Mystery perplexed Hindu town

""The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.""

This trade sells to retailers

Vast and indiscriminate

On a large scale

All of and part of it? Good for you!

All and not all? Good for you!

Healthy in body, taste or morals

WHOLIST a believer of holism

Going by at high speed

High snow drifts engulfing Oscar, going like the wind!

Whoosis

Whoredom

Whoreson

Any body (wordplay)

Legalistic pronoun

Anyone.

Sweet kid unfortunately catching cold most foul

Describes the man downstairs reporting what has been taken at Lord's set dance

Describes someone down below to Desmond taken in by what's found at 3 down

Felt hat unlikely to drop off (wordplay)

Tossing and turning

Fully alert, sleep quite banished

""The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.""

Tuesday about one I set off, which is most easy to manage

Wifehood

Wifely

Wiggery

Wiggly

Those responsible for changing locks in the theatre (wordplay)

They make bespoke locks, designing stuff that goes over most peoples' heads

Signalled, in a way.

Moved to and fro

Uncultivated plant

Wildfire

Wildfowl

Wildland

Wildling

Wildwood

""A silicate of zinc, usually occurring massive and of a greenish yellow color, also in reddish crystals (troostite) containing manganese.""

With volition

Willing

As a volunteer would

The way one has gladly inherited this

One way to comply

Williwau

Williwaw

Willower

Slimmer with more guile eats little

Willow

What George has (wordplay)

It's used to break a habit

Resolve; self-control

Willywaw

Abstract noun (-ness)

An exceedingly strong gust of wind.

Like the flapper's bob.

Like thistle seeds

Like rumble-seat hair

Trees providing shelter

Protective hedge

Breezeblock, when split, may give shelter

Rumble-seat hazards.

Windburn

Winter weather factor

Freezing weather factor

Weather factor

Profits from apples and pears (wordplay)

Yield after a powerful blow (wordplay)

Surprise prizes

Windflaw

Windgall

""The kestrel; called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner. windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner.""

Comes first, eats inside - problem with digestion (wordplay)

Windling

Make Hayley short of breath (wordplay)

Power houses (wordplay)

Don Quixote's "giants."

Window

Thoraxes' contents

Tracheas

Protecting from cold air

Like a strong raincoat

Wrap for old female, affording protection in gale (wordplay)

Windrow

Aviator's attire (wordplay)

Aviator's attire?

*Some weather vanes

Haboob, for one

Turns to marines during rough weather

Weather feature encircles male on peak

Travels over water

Sails over water

Participates in an X-Game

Unkempt having suffered blow (wordplay)

Exposed orchestra members cried

Bleak and exposed

English word

Windward

It may come into port? On the contrary!

Flute, for one

Port terminal (wordplay)

Chest exercise at a vintner's (wordplay)

... to make merlot (wordplay)

Grape-squeezing equipment

Bistros.

Bags for Burgundy

Beverage bags

Some football players

Some offensive players

Small dents in the airplane (wordplay)

Lively shindigs

Sprees

Wingover

Stats for planes and power forwards

Stats for planes and NBA centers

Gives impromptu scathing reviews (wordplay)

Most persuasively

Winnower

Winnow

WINSOME charming

Most likely to turn heads and secure certain empty seat

Some seasonal Florida residents

Writer in residence's last novel is more gloomy

Wing around Ireland after tea to escape the cold

Add chains, snow tires, etc.

Prepare for bad weather

Prepare for colder days

Coldest.

Elongated, as metal filaments

Finely spun

Wiredraw

Some terriers

AP shot, say

A.P. transmission

Electrical supplier

Wireworm

Cracking young fellows (wordplay)

Prudent pastures (wordplay)

Sage lands (wordplay)

Wiseass

A crew sick at sea? That's a joke!

Snide remark, perhaps

Funny straight man split

Wisely

English word

Traditional female healers

Pulled chicken leftovers (wordplay)

Some gridiron formations

Things to be pulled.

WISHFUL {desirous=adj}

Nebulous nature

Caribbean celebrity, ace surrounded by island plants

Flowering vines

Trees recently associated with Helen Hayes

WISTFUL longing

Most like a hag

Witching

Adjective meaning resembling

WITCH to {bewitch=v}

Discontinued; shunning social contact

More than just reserved

Wingers under Sir Alf Ramsey

Bows out, as from a tournament

It sounds as if a tall boy always is when he leaves your presence

Gets money out of 6 across, assisted by grass up there

Witherer

Dying to be thin, I grew monstrously

In the company of Ireland - gee, it's dying!

In the company of Ireland, Gee, it has a drought!

""Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray sixsided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.""

Keeps (from)

Keeps back what 17 downs are

Takes out taxes, etc.

Bear displayed on a pedestal (wordplay)

Using empty shed to trap brown bear

Resist having to get up

Braved this awful time in the forest

Bore up.

Bore

WITLESS lacking intelligence

Saw that the West End is sinful

Saw comic on loch with journalist

Legally attested

Sees sense maybe, within reason

They're in a box

They may be called in court

Clever remark

Sparkling remark

One with judgment getting no credit over time

Banter from spectator either side of half-time

Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.

Woadwax

Wobbly

Sad? Let misery depart!

Miserable? Cheer up!

Miserable in appearance

""WOEFUL full of grief, also WOFUL, WOEFULLER, WOEFULLEST""

Woeness

An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries. Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries.

Large dog, maybe Irish

Tall canine of Erin

Popular dog breed

WOLFISH {wolflike=adj}

... for a lothario (wordplay)

Elbow fans rebuilt plant

Poisonous flower

Native of Michigan

State name of Michigan.

Evil owner of lupine female

Girl's future

Certain adult status

Womanise

Chap is beset by troubles and has casual affairs

Womanize

Don Juan

Womanize

The fair sex

The female sex

Maid known about with others

Without a woman or women.

Womanly

Feminine, say

Feminine

Ladies of the old West

Adult females

Females - sort of nice ones

Questioning folks