9-letter words containing p, o, w
- shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
- shop-worn — worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store.
- shopwoman — a woman who works in a shop
- show copy — a positive print of a film for use at an important presentation such as a premiere
- show pony — a person who tries to be the centre of attention; show-off
- showpiece — something that is displayed or exhibited.
- showplace — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slip flow — gas flow occurring at hypersonic speeds in which molecular shearing occurs
- slop bowl — a bowl into which the dregs from tea cups are emptied at table
- slopewise — in a sloping manner
- slow spot — an area where only a relatively slow broadband internet connection service is available
- snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
- snow-plow — an implement or machine for clearing away snow from highways, railroad tracks, etc.
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- soup bowl — a container in which soup is served
- spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
- spearwort — any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
- 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.
- spicewood — spicebush (def 1).
- spokewise — in relation to, away from, or toward a center, as the spokes on a wheel: The projections were arranged spokewise around the core.
- spoolview — (tool) A printing system for Unix. SpoolView can control several printers connected to a TCP/IP network. Different printers can be loaded with different paper and forms. After submitting a print request, the user can change the printer, form, number of copies or priority. Administrators can register new printers, change paper forms on printers, cancel requests, suspend printers.
- 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.
- spot-weld — to weld (two pieces of metal) together in a small area or spot by the application of heat and pressure.
- step down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
- step-down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
- stew pond — a fishpond or fishtank
- stop down — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- stop-work — a temporary cessation of work as a form of protest
- stopwatch — a watch with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, used for precise timing, as in races.
- strapwork — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
- strapwort — a seaside plant with leaves resembling straps
- stumpwork — a type of embroidery popular in the 17th century, consisting of intricate, colorful designs padded with horsehair to make them stand out in relief.
- supershow — an exceptional show
- swap shop — a store or shop where items, especially secondhand ones, are traded or sold.
- sweatshop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sweetshop — a shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets
- swordplay — the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
- top whack — the maximum price
- topminnow — any of several small, surface-swimming fishes of the egg-laying family Cyprinodontidae and the live-bearing family Poeciliidae, some of which are used in mosquito control.
- town plan — a comprehensive document which sets out a vision of the physical and social development of a town, including the construction of facilities
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- tulipwood — the wood of the tulip tree.
- tuptowing — the intensive study of Greek grammar
- two-party — (of a political system) dominated by two major political parties
- two-pence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of two pennies.