9-letter words containing n, s, w
- frontwise — Toward the front; in the direction of the front; frontward.
- gang show — an amateur theatrical performance with a cast made up of youth members of Scouts and Guides
- gawkiness — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- god knows — If someone says God knows in reply to a question, they mean that they do not know the answer.
- goffstown — a town in S New Hampshire.
- good news — someone or something that is positive, encouraging, uplifting, desirable, or the like.
- goosedown — Down from a goose.
- goosewing — the weather clew of a square sail, held taut when the lee side of the sail is furled.
- gowdspink — the goldfinch
- greenwash — Disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.
- greenways — Plural form of greenway.
- halesowen — a town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 273 (2001)
- hand-sewn — sewn by hand.
- hand-wash — to launder by hand rather than by washing machine: to hand-wash socks in a hotel-room sink.
- hansetown — Hansa (def 3).
- hard news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
- hashbrown — Alternative spelling of hash brown.
- hawthorns — Plural form of hawthorn.
- headwinds — Plural form of headwind.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- heronshaw — a heron
- home news — news of events in the home country, as opposed to foreign news
- hometowns — Plural form of hometown.
- honeworts — Plural form of honewort.
- honeydews — Plural form of honeydew.
- hoodwinks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoodwink.
- hornworms — Plural form of hornworm.
- hornworts — Plural form of hornwort.
- hose down — spray sth clean
- hypernews — A Hypertext system from the Turing Institute Glasgow, based on NeWS.
- in a stew — agitated, flustered
- in escrow — a contract, deed, bond, or other written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition.
- inchworms — Plural form of inchworm.
- ingrowths — Plural form of ingrowth.
- inswinger — a bowled ball that veers from off side to leg side.
- interwebs — Plural form of interweb.
- ironwoods — Plural form of ironwood.
- ironworks — an establishment where iron is smelted or where it is cast or wrought.
- jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
- jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
- jigsawing — Present participle of jigsaw.
- johnstown — a city in SW Pennsylvania: disastrous flood 1889.
- jonestown — a former settlement in N Guyana, NW of Georgetown: site of agricultural commune of an American religious cult called the People's Temple; mass suicide and murder 1978.
- jowliness — the feature of having large jowls or a prominent jaw
- kingstown — an island state in the S Windward Islands, in the SE West Indies comprising St. Vincent island and the N Grenadines: gained independence 1979. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km). Capital: Kingstown.
- kingswood — a city in South Gloucestershire, SW England.
- kinswoman — a female relative.
- kinswomen — Plural form of kinswoman.
- knapweeds — Plural form of knapweed.
- knotweeds — Plural form of knotweed.