9-letter words containing a, w, n, s
- fake news — false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting
- fishwoman — (dated) A woman who sells fish.
- forewarns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forewarn.
- frogspawn — The eggs of a frog, which are surrounded by transparent jelly.
- gang show — an amateur theatrical performance with a cast made up of youth members of Scouts and Guides
- gawkiness — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- greenwash — Disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.
- greenways — Plural form of greenway.
- halesowen — a town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 273 (2001)
- hand-sewn — sewn by hand.
- hand-wash — to launder by hand rather than by washing machine: to hand-wash socks in a hotel-room sink.
- hansetown — Hansa (def 3).
- hard news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
- hashbrown — Alternative spelling of hash brown.
- hawthorns — Plural form of hawthorn.
- headwinds — Plural form of headwind.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- heronshaw — a heron
- in a stew — agitated, flustered
- jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
- jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
- jigsawing — Present participle of jigsaw.
- kinswoman — a female relative.
- knapweeds — Plural form of knapweed.
- lacewings — Plural form of lacewing.
- landowska — Wanda [won-duh;; Polish vahn-dah] /ˈwɒn də;; Polish ˈvɑn dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.
- landwards — Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
- lansdowne — Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice [pet-ee-fits-mawr-is,, -mor-] /ˈpɛt i fɪtsˈmɔr ɪs,, -ˈmɒr-/ (Show IPA), 5th Marquis of, 1845–1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888–94, foreign secretary 1900–05.
- loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
- mackinaws — Plural form of mackinaw.
- make news — to do something that is apt to be reported as news
- markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- moonwalks — Plural form of moonwalk.
- moonwards — towards the moon
- mute swan — a commonly domesticated soundless white swan, Cygnus olor, of Europe and Asia.
- narrowest — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- narrowish — somewhat narrow
- new maths — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- new sarum — a city in S England, in SE Wiltshire: nearby Old Sarum was the site of an Early Iron Age hill fort; its cathedral (1220–58) has the highest spire in England. Pop: 43 355 (2001)
- new spain — the former Spanish possessions in the Western Hemisphere, at one time including South America (except Brazil), Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, Florida, and most of the land in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.
- new start — an employee who has just joined a company or organization
- newcastle — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
- newmanism — the views and theories of John Henry Newman before his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, in which he held that the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England are compatible with Roman Catholicism.
- news case — one of a pair of wooden, metal, or plastic trays divided into compartments for the sorting of type. Compare case2 (def 8).
- news-beat — beat (def 40b).
- newsagent — newsdealer.
- newsboard — bulletin board.
- newsbreak — a newsworthy event or incident.
- newscasts — Plural form of newscast.