9-letter words containing n, o, w
- unwelcome — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- unwomanly — not possessing qualities, such as warmth, attractiveness, etc, generally regarded as typical of a woman, esp a mature woman
- unworldly — not worldly; not seeking material advantage; spiritually minded.
- unworried — having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
- unwounded — not wounded or injured
- unwrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- viewpoint — a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
- vote down — proposal: defeat
- wagenboom — a South African tree
- wagon-lit — (in continental European usage) a railroad sleeping car.
- wagoneers — Plural form of wagoneer.
- wagonette — a light, four-wheeled carriage, with or without a top, having a crosswise seat in front and two lengthwise seats facing each other at the back.
- wagonload — the load carried by a wagon.
- wagonways — Plural form of wagonway.
- wainscots — Plural form of wainscot.
- walk into — If you walk into an unpleasant situation, you become involved in it without expecting to, especially because you have been careless.
- walk-down — a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps: It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.
- walkathon — a long-distance walking race for testing endurance.
- walker-on — someone who has a small part in a play or theatrical entertainment, esp one without any lines
- wall knot — a knot forming a knob at the end of a rope, made by unwinding the strands and weaving them together
- walloping — a vigorous blow.
- wallowing — to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment: Goats wallowed in the dust.
- wampanoag — a member of a once-powerful North American Indian people who inhabited the area east of Narragansett Bay from Rhode Island to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket at the time of the Pilgrim settlement.
- wandorobo — Dorobo.
- wantoning — Present participle of wanton.
- wantonize — to make (something) wanton
- warbonnet — Alternative spelling of war bonnet.
- warm down — If you warm down after doing a physical activity, you do special exercises to help relax your muscles and joints.
- warm tone — a yellow, brown, olive, or reddish tinge in a black-and-white print.
- warm-down — a tapering off or recovery from strenuous physical exercise, especially running or racing, by slowing down or doing light stretches.
- warmonger — a person who advocates, endorses, or tries to precipitate war.
- warrantor — a person who warrants or makes a warranty.
- wash down — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- washwoman — washerwoman.
- watertown — a town in E Massachusetts, on the Charles River, near Boston: U.S. arsenal.
- waterworn — worn by the action of water; smoothed by the force or movement of water.
- watterson — Henry ("Marse Henry") 1840–1921, U.S. journalist and political leader.
- wave down — If someone waves down a vehicle, they wave their hand as a signal to the driver to stop the vehicle.
- wavefront — a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same.
- way point — a place or point between major points on a route.
- waypoints — Plural form of waypoint.
- weaponeer — Military. a person who prepares an atomic bomb for detonation.
- weaponize — to supply or equip with a weapon or weapons: to weaponize trucks and helicopters.
- wear down — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- webphones — Plural form of webphone.
- weedgrown — Overgrown with weeds.
- weisshorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Alps. 14,804 feet (4512 meters).
- welcoming — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- well done — congratulations
- well-born — born of a good, noble, or highly esteemed family.