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9-letter words containing n, s, w

  • sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
  • sag wagon — a support vehicle accompanying a bicycle touring group that carries spare parts, luggage, etc., and sometimes also transports bicycles and cyclists.
  • sand wasp — any of certain sphecid wasps of the subfamily Bembicinae that nest in the ground and are common along the seashore.
  • sapanwood — a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
  • satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
  • scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
  • schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
  • scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
  • screw nut — a nut threaded to receive a screw.
  • screwbean — a small tree or shrub of the south-western United States that has edible pods
  • scrubdown — an act or instance of scrubbing, especially a thorough washing of a surface or object: The decks of the ship get a scrubdown every morning.
  • scrumdown — the forming of a scrum in rugby
  • seldshown — seldom shown
  • self-sown — sown by itself, or without human or animal agency, as of a plant grown from seeds dropped from another plant.
  • self-want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
  • send away — dismiss
  • send down — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
  • shadowing — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
  • shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
  • shootdown — the attack and destruction of an aircraft in flight.
  • shop-worn — worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store.
  • shopwoman — a woman who works in a shop
  • shortgown — a short-skirted dress worn by women doing housework
  • show pony — a person who tries to be the centre of attention; show-off
  • showiness — the property or characteristic of being showy.
  • showmance — a romance between two stars that only lasts for the run of the show
  • showmanly — characteristic of a showman
  • shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
  • sign away — a token; indication.
  • sine wave — a periodic oscillation, as simple harmonic motion, having the same geometric representation as a sine function.
  • skewering — a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
  • skunkweed — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor, as the skunk cabbage.
  • slag down — to give a verbal lashing to
  • slantways — aslant; obliquely.
  • slantwise — aslant; obliquely.
  • slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
  • slim down — slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
  • slinkweed — a plant believed to make a cow give birth prematurely
  • slow burn — a gradual building up of anger, as opposed to an immediate outburst: I did a slow burn as the conversation progressed.
  • slow down — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • slow lane — On a motorway or freeway, the slow lane is the lane for vehicles which are moving more slowly than the other vehicles.
  • slow oven — an oven heated to a relatively low temperature, for slow, or gradual, cooking
  • smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
  • smithtown — a city on N Long Island, in SE New York.
  • snakeweed — bistort (def 1).
  • snakewise — in a snake-like manner
  • snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
  • snow bank — a long raised mass of fallen snow
  • snow cone — a paper cup with shaved or crushed ice over which flavored syrup has been poured.
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