9-letter words containing n, o, w
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- kowtowing — Present participle of kowtow.
- kwangchow — Older Spelling. Canton.
- lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
- lancewood — the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc.
- landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
- landowska — Wanda [won-duh;; Polish vahn-dah] /ˈwɒn də;; Polish ˈvɑn dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.
- lansdowne — Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice [pet-ee-fits-mawr-is,, -mor-] /ˈpɛt i fɪtsˈmɔr ɪs,, -ˈmɒr-/ (Show IPA), 5th Marquis of, 1845–1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888–94, foreign secretary 1900–05.
- lawmonger — an inferior lawyer
- lawnmower — a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
- lemon law — a law that requires manufacturers to replace, repair, or refund the cost of automobiles that prove to be defective.
- lemonwood — a tropical American tree, Calycophyllum candidissimum, of the madder family, having flowers with conspicuous white calyx lobes.
- levittown — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- live down — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- load down — If you load someone down with things, especially heavy things, you give them a large number of them or put a large number of them on them.
- loan word — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
- lock down — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lockdowns — Plural form of lockdown.
- lone wolf — a person who prefers to live, act, or work alone or independent of others.
- long view — a city in NE Texas.
- long wave — Electricity. an electromagnetic wave over 60 meters in length.
- longsword — A sword of a kind used in mediaeval Europe for hewing, thrusting and slicing. It is well suited to two-handed use in combat, but some can also be used in one hand.
- longwords — Plural form of longword.
- longworth — Alice Lee Roosevelt ("Princess Alice") 1884–1980, U.S. socialite: daughter of Theodore Roosevelt.
- look down — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- look-down — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- lookdowns — Plural form of lookdown.
- low latin — any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin.
- low-count — (of a woven fabric) having a relatively low number of warp and filling threads per square inch.
- low-lying — lying near sea level or the ground surface. low-lying land.
- low-slung — trousers: hipster style
- lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
- lowliness — humble in station, condition, or nature: a lowly cottage.
- lowriding — the practice of traveling in a lowrider.
- lungworms — Plural form of lungworm.
- lungworts — Plural form of lungwort.
- mailwoman — (rare) A female postal worker.
- mailwomen — Plural form of mailwoman.
- man power — the power supplied by human physical exertions: an ancient building constructed entirely by man power.
- manitowoc — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- manxwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Isle of Man
- 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.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- mellowing — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- melt down — substance
- meltdowns — Plural form of meltdown.
- milkwoman — A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.