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9-letter words containing h, o, w, a, y

  • airworthy — If an aircraft is airworthy, it is safe to fly.
  • cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
  • eyeshadow — A colored cosmetic, typically in powder form, applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.
  • handywork — Dated form of handiwork.
  • hawthorny — resembling or characterized by hawthorns
  • hold sway — have influence
  • holy wars — [Usenet, but may predate it] flame wars over religious issues. The paper by Danny Cohen that popularised the terms big-endian and little-endian was entitled "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace". Other perennial Holy Wars have included Emacs vs. vi, my personal computer vs. everyone else's personal computer, ITS vs. Unix, Unix vs. VMS, BSD Unix vs. USG Unix, C vs. Pascal, C vs. Fortran, etc., ad nauseam. The characteristic that distinguishes holy wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy wars most of the participants spend their time trying to pass off personal value choices and cultural attachments as objective technical evaluations. See also theology.
  • mollyhawk — the juvenile of the southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus
  • phony war — (in wartime) a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
  • shallowly — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
  • showmanly — characteristic of a showman
  • throwaway — made or intended to be discarded after use or quick examination: a throwaway container; a throwaway brochure.

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