9-letter words containing n, o, w
- well-done — performed accurately and diligently; executed with skill and efficiency.
- well-worn — showing the effects of extensive use or wear: well-worn carpets.
- welldoing — good conduct or action.
- wellknown — (nonstandard) Alternative form of well-known.
- wellpoint — a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area so that it can be pumped away, as to prevent an excavation from filling with ground water.
- wen jiabo — 1942- ; premier of China (2002- )
- wentworth — Thomas, 1st Earl of Strafford, Strafford, 1st Earl of.
- werelions — Plural form of werelion.
- werowance — (historical) A chief of an American Indian tribe in colonial Virginia and Maryland.
- westbound — proceeding or headed west.
- westmount — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- whalebone — an elastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; baleen.
- whereinto — Into which.
- whereunto — (archaic or formal, interrogative) unto what; to what purpose.
- whereupon — Immediately after which.
- whetstone — a stone for sharpening cutlery or tools by friction.
- whinstone — Chiefly British. any of the dark-colored, fine-grained rocks, especially igneous rocks, as dolerite and basalt.
- whirlbone — Alternative form of whirl-bone.
- whodunits — Plural form of whodunit.
- whodunnit — a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.
- wholeness — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- whooshing — Present participle of whoosh.
- wide open — opened to the full extent: a wide-open window.
- wide-open — opened to the full extent: a wide-open window.
- wilkinson — Geoffrey, 1921–96, British chemist: Nobel prize 1973.
- williston — a city in NW North Dakota, on the Missouri River.
- willowing — any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, characterized by narrow, lance-shaped leaves and dense catkins bearing small flowers, many species having tough, pliable twigs or branches used for wickerwork, etc. Compare willow family.
- wilsonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Woodrow Wilson.
- wilsonism — the theories, methods, or practices of Woodrow Wilson.
- wimbledon — a former borough, now part of Merton, in SE England, near London: international tennis tournaments.
- win round — persuade, coax
- wincopipe — a pimpernel plant of the genus Anagallis
- wind cone — windsock.
- wind down — the act of winding.
- wind rose — a map symbol showing, for a given locality or area, the frequency and strength of the wind from various directions.
- wind-down — an act or instance of winding down, as in intensity: a gradual wind-down in hostilities.
- windblown — blown by the wind: windblown hair.
- windborne — Carried by the wind.
- windbound — (of a sailing ship, sailboat, or the like) kept from sailing by a wind from the wrong direction or one of too high velocity.
- windhover — the kestrel, Falco tinnunculus.
- windowbox — Alternative form of window box.
- windowing — an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.
- windows 1 — (operating system) The first incarnation of Microsoft Windows, released in 1985. It took a total of 55 programmer-years to develop, and only allowed tiled windows.
- windows 2 — (operating system) The second version of Microsoft Windows, released in 1987. Windows 2 had considerably more features than Windows 1, such as overlapping windows and icons. When Windows/386 was released, Windows 2 was renamed Windows/286.
- windpower — Power harnessed or generated from the wind.
- windproof — resisting wind, as fabric or a jacket or coat.
- windrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of windrow.
- windrower — a farm implement used to mow a field and arrange the mown crop in windrows.
- windsocks — Plural form of windsock.
- windstorm — a storm with heavy wind but little or no precipitation.