9-letter words containing n, w, b
- west bank — an area in the Middle East, between the W bank of the Jordan River and the E frontier of Israel: occupied in 1967 and subsequently claimed by Israel; formerly held by Jordan.
- west bend — a town in SE Wisconsin.
- westbound — proceeding or headed west.
- whalebone — an elastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; baleen.
- whirlbone — Alternative form of whirl-bone.
- whiz-bang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- whizzbang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- wiesbaden — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1946.
- wild bean — groundnut (def 1).
- wimbledon — a former borough, now part of Merton, in SE England, near London: international tennis tournaments.
- wind-bell — a bell sounded by the action of the wind.
- windblast — a strong, sudden gust of wind.
- windblown — blown by the wind: windblown hair.
- windborne — Carried by the wind.
- windbound — (of a sailing ship, sailboat, or the like) kept from sailing by a wind from the wrong direction or one of too high velocity.
- windbreak — a growth of trees, a structure of boards, or the like, serving as a shelter from the wind.
- windburnt — Alternative form of windburned.
- windowbox — Alternative form of window box.
- wineberry — a prickly shrub, Rubus phoenicolasius, of China and Japan, having pinkish or white flowers and small, red, edible fruit.
- wing back — In football, a wing back is a defender who also takes part in attacking play.
- wing bolt — a bolt with a head like a wing nut.
- wingbacks — Plural form of wingback.
- wingbeats — Plural form of wingbeat.
- winnebago — a member of a North American Indian tribe speaking a Siouan language closely related to Assiniboin, Teton, and Mandan, formerly located in Green Bay, Wis., now living in Green Bay and NE Nebraska.
- wirebound — Held together with a binding of wire.
- wishbones — Plural form of wishbone.
- wobbegong — the carpet shark.
- woebegone — beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance.
- wolfsbane — any of several plants in the aconite genus Aconitum, including A. lycoctonum, bearing stalks of hood-shaped purplish-blue flowers, the monkshood A. napellus, which yields a poisonous alkaloid used medicinally, and numerous garden varieties in various colors.
- wonderboy — (informal) A male child prodigy, or (loosely) a talented male of any age.
- woodbines — Plural form of woodbine.
- wordbound — constrained or limited by words
- workbench — a sturdy table at which an artisan works.
- woundable — Capable of being wounded; vulnerable.
- wristband — the band of a sleeve, especially that of a shirt sleeve, that covers the wrist.
- wunderbar — wonderful