9-letter words containing k, o, w, a
- hawksmoor — Nicholas, 1661–1736, English architect.
- hornwrack — a yellowish bryozoan or sea mat sometimes found on beaches after a storm
- jackwagon — (US, slang, derogatory) An objectionable person; a jerk; a jackass.
- kahoolawe — an island in central Hawaii, S of Maui: uninhabited. 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km).
- kilowatts — Plural form of kilowatt.
- kinswoman — a female relative.
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- krakowiak — a lively Polish folk dance in duple meter with syncopated accents.
- kwangchow — Older Spelling. Canton.
- landowska — Wanda [won-duh;; Polish vahn-dah] /ˈwɒn də;; Polish ˈvɑn dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- lock away — put in prison
- make-work — work, usually of little importance, created to keep a person from being idle or unemployed.
- mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- mark-down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- marrowsky — spoonerism
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- milkwoman — A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- mollyhawk — the juvenile of the southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus
- mollymawk — any of various oceanic birds, as the fulmar or albatross.
- moon walk — a walk on the moon
- moonwalks — Plural form of moonwalk.
- no wukkas — an expression used to express agreement or to convey that something is proceeding or has proceeded satisfactorily; no problem
- oakenshaw — an area of woodland containing oak trees
- paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
- paperwork — written or clerical work, as records or reports, forming a necessary but often a routine and secondary part of some work or job.
- part work — magazine series
- patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- plow back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- polokwane — a town in NE South Africa, the capital of Limpopo province: commercial and agricultural centre. Pop: 90 398 (2001)
- roadworks — work, as construction or repairs, done on a road.
- rock wall — rock fence.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- saltworks — (often used with a plural verb) a building or plant where salt is made.
- scalework — an ornamentation technique used to depict scales on fish or other creatures
- shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shockwave — (tool) A program from Macromedia for viewing files created with Macromedia Director. Shockwave is freely available as a plug-in for the Netscape Navigator web browser. "Shocked" pages that incorporate documents created in Director can usually only be enjoyed by users with an ISDN or faster connection.
- smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
- snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
- snow bank — a long raised mass of fallen snow
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
- sock away — to strike or hit hard.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.