9-letter words containing n, s, w
- snow crab — an edible spider crab of the North Pacific, Chionoecetes opilio, commercially important as a frozen seafood product.
- snow hole — a shelter dug in deep usually drifted snow
- snow lily — glacier lily.
- snow line — the line, as on mountains, above which there is perpetual snow.
- snow mold — a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by a dense, cottony growth that covers the affected parts as the snow melts in the spring, caused by any of several fungi of the genera Calonectria, Fusarium, Pythium, and Typhula.
- snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
- snow ring — basket (def 8).
- snow tire — an automobile tire with a deep tread or protruding studs to give increased traction on snow or ice.
- snow tyre — a motor vehicle tyre with deep treads and ridges to give improved grip on snow and ice
- snow-boot — a boot specially designed for walking in snow
- snow-clad — covered with snow.
- snow-plow — an implement or machine for clearing away snow from highways, railroad tracks, etc.
- snow-shoe — a contrivance that may be attached to the foot to enable the wearer to walk on deep snow without sinking, especially a light, racket-shaped frame across which is stretched a network of rawhide.
- snow-tire — an automobile tire with a deep tread or protruding studs to give increased traction on snow or ice.
- snowberry — a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos albus, of the honeysuckle family, cultivated for its ornamental white berries.
- snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
- snowblink — a white luminosity on the underside of clouds, caused by the reflection of light from a snow surface.
- snowboard — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- snowbound — shut in or immobilized by snow.
- snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)
- snowclone — a verbal formula that is adapted for reuse by changing only a few words so that the allusion to the original phrase remains clear
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- snowed in — If you are snowed in, you cannot go anywhere because of heavy snow.
- snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- snowglobe — a transparent sphere filled with water and white particles which, when shaken, resemble snow falling
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
- snowmould — a fungal disease of soil or grass resulting from snow cover
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- snowslide — an avalanche consisting largely or entirely of snow.
- snowstorm — a storm accompanied by a heavy fall of snow.
- snowy owl — a diurnal, arctic and subarctic owl, Nyctea scandiaca, having white plumage with dark brown markings.
- snug down — to make ready for a storm by reducing sail, lashing movable gear, etc.
- sorrowing — experiencing or expressing sorrow
- sosnowiec — a city in S Poland.
- sound bow — that part of a bell against which the tongue strikes.
- sound law — phonetic law.
- southdown — one of an English breed of sheep, yielding mutton of high quality.
- spelldown — a spelling competition that begins with all the contestants standing and that ends when all but one, the winner, have been required to sit down due to a specified number of misspellings.
- spewiness — the condition of being boggy or poorly drained
- spin wave — a magnetic wave propagated through a crystal lattice by a collective excitation of the spin angular momentum of electrons.
- split-new — brand-new
- spoon bow — an overhanging bow having a convex, curved stem.
- spoonways — like spoons, esp by fitting together in the way that spoons do
- spoonworm — any of various unsegmented, burrowing marine worms of the phylum Echiura, of shallow waters worldwide, having a sausage-shaped body and a flattened head.
- spot news — the latest news, reported immediately.
- sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- squaw man — a contemptuous term used to refer to a white or other non-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman.