9-letter words containing n, s, w
- know best — to be the best guide, authority, etc.
- know-hows — knowledge of how to do something; faculty or skill for a particular activity; expertise: Designing a computer requires a lot of know-how.
- lacewings — Plural form of lacewing.
- landowska — Wanda [won-duh;; Polish vahn-dah] /ˈwɒn də;; Polish ˈvɑn dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.
- landwards — Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
- 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.
- lewis gun — a light, air-cooled, gas-operated machine gun with a circular magazine, first used in World War I.
- loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
- lockdowns — Plural form of lockdown.
- 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.
- lookdowns — Plural form of lookdown.
- low-slung — trousers: hipster style
- lowliness — humble in station, condition, or nature: a lowly cottage.
- lungworms — Plural form of lungworm.
- lungworts — Plural form of lungwort.
- mackinaws — Plural form of mackinaw.
- make news — to do something that is apt to be reported as news
- markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- meltdowns — Plural form of meltdown.
- minkowski — Hermann [hur-muh n;; German her-mahn] /ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1909, German mathematician.
- moneywise — In terms of money; financially speaking.
- moonwalks — Plural form of moonwalk.
- moonwards — towards the moon
- mossgrown — On which moss is growing.
- mute swan — a commonly domesticated soundless white swan, Cygnus olor, of Europe and Asia.
- narrowest — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- narrowish — somewhat narrow
- neckdowns — Plural form of neckdown.
- new issue — an issue of shares being offered to the public for the first time
- new maths — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- new sarum — a city in S England, in SE Wiltshire: nearby Old Sarum was the site of an Early Iron Age hill fort; its cathedral (1220–58) has the highest spire in England. Pop: 43 355 (2001)
- new spain — the former Spanish possessions in the Western Hemisphere, at one time including South America (except Brazil), Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, Florida, and most of the land in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.
- new start — an employee who has just joined a company or organization
- new style — time reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar. Compare old style (def 2).
- new test. — New Testament
- newcastle — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
- newcomers — Plural form of newcomer.
- newlyweds — a person who has recently married.
- newmanism — the views and theories of John Henry Newman before his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, in which he held that the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England are compatible with Roman Catholicism.
- news case — one of a pair of wooden, metal, or plastic trays divided into compartments for the sorting of type. Compare case2 (def 8).
- news desk — the department of a newspaper, television, etc., that writes, edits, or releases news, especially late-breaking news or important bulletins.
- news film — a film showing main events in the news
- news item — story featured in the news
- news-beat — beat (def 40b).
- newsagent — newsdealer.
- newsboard — bulletin board.
- newsbreak — a newsworthy event or incident.
- newscasts — Plural form of newscast.