9-letter words containing n, s, w
- whooshing — Present participle of whoosh.
- wiesbaden — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1946.
- wildlands — land that has not been cultivated, especially land set aside and protected as a wilderness.
- wildlings — Plural form of wildling.
- wilkinson — Geoffrey, 1921–96, British chemist: Nobel prize 1973.
- willesden — a former borough, now part of Brent, in SE England, near London.
- williston — a city in NW North Dakota, on the Missouri River.
- wilsonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Woodrow Wilson.
- wilsonism — the theories, methods, or practices of Woodrow Wilson.
- wimpiness — of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- wind rose — a map symbol showing, for a given locality or area, the frequency and strength of the wind from various directions.
- wind sail — a sail rigged over a hatchway, ventilator, or the like, to divert moving air downward into the vessel.
- wind ship — a large sailing vessel.
- windblast — a strong, sudden gust of wind.
- windchest — a chamber containing the air supply for the reeds or pipes of an organ.
- windfalls — Plural form of windfall.
- windgalls — Plural form of windgall.
- windiness — The state of being windy (in all meanings).
- windmills — Plural form of windmill.
- 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.
- windpipes — Plural form of windpipe.
- windsails — Plural form of windsail.
- windscale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
- windshake — a crack between the annual rings in wood: caused by strong winds bending the tree trunk
- windsocks — Plural form of windsock.
- windspeed — Alternative spelling of wind speed.
- windstorm — a storm with heavy wind but little or no precipitation.
- windswept — open or exposed to the wind: a wind-swept beach.
- windwards — in the direction of the wind
- wine cask — a strong wooden barrel used to hold wine
- wine list — menu of wines available in a restaurant
- wineglass — a drinking glass, as a goblet, having a foot and a stem and used specifically for serving wine.
- winehouse — Amy (Jade). 1983–2011, English rock singer and songwriter; her albums include Frank (2003) and Back to Black (2006)
- winepress — a machine in which the juice from grapes is pressed for wine.
- wineskins — Plural form of wineskin.
- wing case — elytron.
- wing shot — a shot at a bird in flight.
- wing skid — a skid attached to the wing tip of an airplane to prevent it from touching the ground.
- wing-case — elytron.
- wingbacks — Plural form of wingback.
- wingbeats — Plural form of wingbeat.
- wingdings — Plural form of wingding.
- wingovers — Plural form of wingover.
- wingspans — Plural form of wingspan.
- winsomely — sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging: a winsome smile.
- winsorize — (statistics) To transform statistics of a batch or sample by transforming extreme values.
- winterish — Characteristic of winter.
- winterset — a drama in verse (1935) by Maxwell Anderson.
- wiresonde — an instrument carried aloft by a captive balloon and sending temperature and humidity data over a wire cable.