9-letter words containing a, b, o, w
- brown fat — tissue composed of a type of fat cell that dissipates as heat most of the energy released when food is oxidized; brown adipose tissue. It is present in hibernating animals and human babies and is thought to be important in adult weight control
- brown rat — a common brownish rat, Rattus norvegicus: a serious pest in all parts of the world
- brown-bag — If you brown-bag your lunch or you brown-bag it, you bring your lunch in a bag to work or school.
- browsable — able to be browsed
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- by way of — You use by way of when you are explaining the purpose of something that you have said or are about to say. For example, if you say something by way of an introduction, you say it as an introduction.
- byrewoman — a woman who works in a byre
- chawbacon — an unsophisticated person of low intellect
- clubwoman — a woman who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- cowabunga — Used to express delight or satisfaction.
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
- downbeats — Plural form of downbeat.
- fob watch — a pocket watch that is attached to a waistcoat by a chain or ribbon
- handblown — (of glassware) shaped by means of a handheld blowpipe: handblown crystal.
- hashbrown — Alternative spelling of hash brown.
- how about — introducing a suggestion
- jawboning — a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
- lambswool — Fine wool from a young sheep, used to make knitted garments, blankets, etc., with a soft texture.
- low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
- low brass — an alloy of about 80 percent copper and 20 percent zinc, with traces of lead and iron.
- lowballed — Simple past tense and past participle of lowball.
- newsboard — bulletin board.
- own brand — Own brands are products which have the trademark or label of the shop which sells them, especially a supermarket chain. They are normally cheaper than other popular brands.
- own label — Own label is the same as own brand.
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- plow back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
- raw-boned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- saddlebow — the arched front part of a saddle or saddletree.
- shadowbox — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
- snow bank — a long raised mass of fallen snow
- snow crab — an edible spider crab of the North Pacific, Chionoecetes opilio, commercially important as a frozen seafood product.
- snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
- snowboard — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- swingboat — a piece of fairground equipment consisting of a boat-shaped carriage for swinging in
- throwback — an act of throwing back.
- toowoomba — a city in SE Queensland, in E Australia.
- wagenboom — a South African tree
- wakeboard — The board one stands on for wakeboarding.
- walkabout — Chiefly British. a walking tour. an informal public stroll taken by members of the royal family or by a political figure for the purpose of greeting and being seen by the public.
- wallboard — material manufactured in large sheets for use in making or covering walls, ceilings, etc., as a substitute for wooden boards or plaster.
- wandorobo — Dorobo.
- warbonnet — Alternative spelling of war bonnet.
- wardrober — the employee of a royal household in charge of clothing
- wardrobes — Plural form of wardrobe.
- warmblood — A horse of a breed that is a cross between an Arab or similar breed and another breed of the draft or pony type.