9-letter words containing n, o, w
- pipe down — a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plop down — If you plop down or plop yourself down somewhere, you sit down quickly but gently.
- plow into — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plow wind — a wind squall with a narrow, straight path of advance.
- pointwise — occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.
- polokwane — a town in NE South Africa, the capital of Limpopo province: commercial and agricultural centre. Pop: 90 398 (2001)
- portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
- post town — a town having a main Post Office branch
- postwoman — female postal worker
- pottstown — a borough in SE Pennsylvania.
- powdering — a thin sprinkling of something on a surface
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- power nap — a short sleep taken during the working day with the intention of improving the quality of work later in the day
- poweropen — The PowerOpen Association defines and promotes the PowerOpen Environment (POE).
- pre-owned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- pull down — designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
- pull-down — designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- push-down — a sudden, downward shift by an aircraft in the direction of the flight path.
- railwoman — a female worker on a railway
- rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
- ramp down — decrease effort, work
- raw-boned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- rawlinson — George, 1812–1902, English historian.
- reflowing — an occurrence of flowing again
- reworking — revised version
- ride down — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- right now — at this precise moment
- road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
- rock wren — an American wren, Salpinctes obsoletus, inhabiting the foothills, badlands, and mesa country of the western U.S. and Mexico.
- roman law — the system of jurisprudence elaborated by the ancient Romans, a strong and varied influence on the legal systems of many countries.
- rosé wine — alcoholic drink: pink wine
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- rosinweed — any coarse, North American, composite plant of the genus Silphium, having a resinous juice and stalkless, paired leaves.
- roughhewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- roundwood — small pieces of timber (about 5–15 cm, or 2–6 in.) in diameter; small logs
- roundworm — any nematode, especially Ascaris lumbricoides, that infests the intestine of humans and other mammals.
- rowdiness — a rough, disorderly person.
- ruwenzori — a mountain group in central Africa between Lake Albert and Lake Edward: sometimes identified with Ptolemy's “Mountains of the Moon.” Highest peak, Mt. Ngaliema (Stanley), with two summits: Mt. Margherita, 16,795 feet (5119 meters), and Mt. Alexandra, 16,726 feet (5098 meters).
- sag wagon — a support vehicle accompanying a bicycle touring group that carries spare parts, luggage, etc., and sometimes also transports bicycles and cyclists.
- sapanwood — a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- scrubdown — an act or instance of scrubbing, especially a thorough washing of a surface or object: The decks of the ship get a scrubdown every morning.
- scrumdown — the forming of a scrum in rugby
- seldshown — seldom shown
- self-sown — sown by itself, or without human or animal agency, as of a plant grown from seeds dropped from another plant.
- send down — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.