9-letter words containing n, s, w
- squawking — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- standaway — (of a garment) designed or constructed to stand upright or extend outward from the body: a standaway collar.
- standdown — the action of ending military activities or active duty temporarily, or a period or condition of being temporarily relieved from active duty
- stanisław — Saint. 1030–79, the patron saint of Poland. As Bishop of Cracow (1072–79) he excommunicated King Bolesław II, who arranged his murder. Feast day: May 11
- step down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
- step-down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
- sternward — toward the stern; astern.
- stew pond — a fishpond or fishtank
- stinkweed — any of various rank-smelling plants, as the jimson weed.
- stinkwood — any of several trees yielding fetid wood.
- stone saw — an untoothed iron saw used to cut stone
- stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
- stoneware — a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.
- stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- stonework — any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.
- stonewort — any of a plantlike group of green algae constituting the class Charophyceae, having a jointed body frequently encrusted with lime and usually attached to the bottom in fresh water.
- stop down — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- stornoway — a city in NW Scotland, in the Hebrides.
- stownlins — secretly; stealthily.
- straw man — a mass of straw formed to resemble a man, as for a doll or scarecrow.
- strewment — something strewed or intended for strewing, as flowers.
- subwarden — an assistant to a warden, a deputy or subordinate warden
- suka wena — an expression of dismissal or rejection; go away
- sun wheel — Machinery. sun gear.
- sundowner — Chiefly British. an alcoholic drink taken after completing the day's work, usually at sundown.
- sunflower — any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 inches (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
- swampland — land or an area covered with swamps.
- swan dive — into water
- swan lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
- swan neck — a shallow S-curve used in decorative work.
- swan song — the last act or manifestation of someone or something; farewell appearance: This building turned out to be the swan song of Victorian architecture.
- swan-dive — to perform a swan dive.
- swansdown — the down or under plumage of a swan, used for trimming, powder puffs, etc.
- swaziland — a kingdom in SE Africa between S Mozambique and the E Republic of South Africa: formerly a British protectorate. 6704 sq. mi. (17,363 sq. km). Capital: Mbabane.
- sweatband — a band lining the inside of a hat or cap to protect it against sweat from the head.
- sweelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.
- sweepings — of wide range or scope.
- sweetcorn — Sweetcorn is a long rounded vegetable covered in small yellow seeds. It is part of the maize plant. The seeds themselves can also be referred to as sweetcorn.
- sweetened — to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
- sweetener — something that sweetens, as sugar or a low-calorie synthetic product used instead of sugar.
- sweetness — how sweet sth is
- sweirness — the state of being slothful
- sweptwing — (of an aircraft, winged missile, etc.) having sweptback wings.
- swiftness — moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.
- swinburne — Algernon Charles, 1837–1909, English poet and critic.
- swine flu — a highly contagious form of influenza caused by infection with a filterable virus first isolated from swine.
- swineherd — a person who tends swine.
- swinehood — the quality or condition of a swine
- swing leg — a leg at the end of a hinged rail, swinging out to support a drop leaf.
- swing-bin — a rubbish bin with a hinged lid, used esp in a kitchen or bathroom