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9-letter words containing p, o, w

  • frogspawn — The eggs of a frog, which are surrounded by transparent jelly.
  • gang plow — a combination of two or more plows in one frame.
  • gay power — the organized political influence exerted by homosexuals as a group, especially to ensure equal rights in employment, housing, etc.
  • gipsywort — a hairy Eurasian plant, Lycopus europaeus, having two-lipped white flowers with purple dots on the lower lip: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
  • glow lamp — a vacuum tube containing a gas that is ionized by the electrons, giving a visible glow.
  • glow plug — a device for each cylinder of a diesel engine with a heating element to heat the incoming fuel and air so that combustion will take place more readily when the engine is cold.
  • gowdspink — the goldfinch
  • gowpenful — an amount that can be contained in cupped hands
  • groupware — software that allows users on a network to work together and communicate effectively: Our company uses groupware to share files, databases, calendars, and email.
  • groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
  • groupwork — (education, therapy) Work done in groups.
  • gulp down — food, drink: swallow quickly
  • gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • gypsywort — a plant, Lycopus europaeus, that is indigenous to Europe and Asia and has white flowers
  • horsewhip — a whip for controlling horses.
  • keep down — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • low-power — (of a radio station) having the power to broadcast to a radius of only 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km).
  • low-proof — low in alcohol content
  • man power — the power supplied by human physical exertions: an ancient building constructed entirely by man power.
  • maplewood — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
  • mold-warp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
  • mole plow — a plow typically having a pointed shoe at the end of a vertical support, for cutting a hollow drainage channel below the surface.
  • newsfroup — (messaging, humour)   A silly synonym for Usenet newsgroup, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's news:talk.bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare hing, grilf, and filk.
  • newsgroup — a place on a computer network, especially within Usenet, that maintains an online discussion group on a specific topic: newsgroups for movies.
  • opium war — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
  • overpower — to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.
  • ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
  • paperwork — written or clerical work, as records or reports, forming a necessary but often a routine and secondary part of some work or job.
  • part work — magazine series
  • pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
  • patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
  • paulownia — a Japanese tree, Paulownia tomentosa, of the bignonia family, having showy clusters of pale-violet or blue flowers blossoming in early spring.
  • pawn shop — shop that makes loans on personal property
  • peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
  • pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
  • peep show — a display of objects or pictures viewed through a small opening that is usually fitted with a magnifying lens.
  • peep-show — a display of objects or pictures viewed through a small opening that is usually fitted with a magnifying lens.
  • pennywort — any of several plants having round or roundish leaves, as the navelwort.
  • pet owner — a person who owns a pet
  • pewholder — a person who leases or is the owner of a pew or an area of seats in a church
  • phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
  • phony war — (in wartime) a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • piecework — work done and paid for by the piece.
  • piepowder — a travelling market trader, merchant or similar traveller
  • pilotweed — the compass plant, Silphium laciniatum.
  • pipe down — a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
  • plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
  • play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • plop down — If you plop down or plop yourself down somewhere, you sit down quickly but gently.
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