9-letter words containing n, s, w
- washiness — the state or quality of being washy.
- washstand — a piece of furniture holding a basin, pitcher, etc., for use in washing one's hands and face.
- washwoman — washerwoman.
- wasserman — (obsolete) A mythical sea-monster, being part-man, and thought to destroy ships.
- wasteland — land that is uncultivated or barren.
- wasteness — the state of lying barren or being waste
- wastingly — In a way that causes wastage; wastefully.
- waterings — Plural form of watering.
- waterskin — The skin of a goat used as a container for water.
- watterson — Henry ("Marse Henry") 1840–1921, U.S. journalist and political leader.
- wavebands — Plural form of waveband.
- waypoints — Plural form of waypoint.
- weaklings — Plural form of weakling.
- weaknesse — Obsolete form of weakness.
- weanlings — Plural form of weanling.
- weariness — physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- weaseling — (US) present participle of weasel.
- webphones — Plural form of webphone.
- wednesday — the fourth day of the week, following Tuesday.
- weediness — full of or abounding in weeds.
- weepiness — Quality of being weepy.
- weirdness — involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound; weird lights.
- weisshorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Alps. 14,804 feet (4512 meters).
- well-sung — a simple past tense and past participle of sing.
- wenceslas — 1361–1419, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1378–1400; as Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia 1378–1419.
- werelions — Plural form of werelion.
- west bank — an area in the Middle East, between the W bank of the Jordan River and the E frontier of Israel: occupied in 1967 and subsequently claimed by Israel; formerly held by Jordan.
- west bend — a town in SE Wisconsin.
- west linn — a town in NW Oregon.
- westbound — proceeding or headed west.
- westering — moving or shifting toward the west: the westering sun; a westering wind.
- westerner — a native or inhabitant of the West, especially of the western U.S.
- westernly — (obsolete) In or towards the west. (16th-19th c.).
- westfalen — German name of Westphalia.
- westmount — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- wet nurse — woman hired to breast-feeds another's child
- wet-nurse — to act as a wet nurse to (an infant).
- wheelings — Plural form of wheeling.
- wheelspin — the spinning of a wheel, especially that of a drive wheel of a powered vehicle that has poor traction.
- whereness — the state of having a place; position
- whetstone — a stone for sharpening cutlery or tools by friction.
- whininess — the quality of being whiny
- whinstone — Chiefly British. any of the dark-colored, fine-grained rocks, especially igneous rocks, as dolerite and basalt.
- whippings — Plural form of whipping.
- whipsnake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- whistling — an instrument for producing whistling sounds by means of the breath, steam, etc., as a small wooden or tin tube, a pipe, or a similar device with an air chamber containing a small ball that oscillates when air is forced through an opening, producing a high-pitched, warbling tone.
- whiteners — Plural form of whitener.
- whiteness — the quality or state of being white.
- whodunits — Plural form of whodunit.
- 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.