9-letter words containing p, o, w
- two-phase — diphase.
- two-piece — having or consisting of two parts or pieces, especially two matching pieces of a clothing ensemble: a two-piece bathing suit.
- two-speed — (of a transmission system) having two settings
- type-word — type (def 8).
- upwrought — wrought up; agitated
- vaporware — Computer Slang. a product, especially software, that is promoted or marketed while it is still in development and that may never be produced.
- viewpoint — a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
- wallopers — Plural form of walloper.
- walloping — a vigorous blow.
- wallopped — Simple past tense and past participle of wallop.
- wampanoag — a member of a once-powerful North American Indian people who inhabited the area east of Narragansett Bay from Rhode Island to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket at the time of the Pilgrim settlement.
- wap forum — (body) The official body developing Wireless Application Protocol.
- war whoop — a yell uttered in making an attack: the war whoop of the American Indian.
- warm spot — Physiology. a sensory area in the skin that responds to an increase in temperature.
- water pox — chickenpox.
- way point — a place or point between major points on a route.
- waypoints — Plural form of waypoint.
- weak spot — some aspect of a character or situation that is susceptible to criticism
- weaponeer — Military. a person who prepares an atomic bomb for detonation.
- weaponize — to supply or equip with a weapon or weapons: to weaponize trucks and helicopters.
- wearproof — resistant to damage or deterioration by normal use or wear.
- webphones — Plural form of webphone.
- weep hole — a hole in a sill, retaining wall, or the like for draining off accumulated moisture, as from condensation or seepage.
- wellpoint — a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area so that it can be pumped away, as to prevent an excavation from filling with ground water.
- whereupon — Immediately after which.
- whip roll — a roller, located at the back of a loom, that guides the warp ends as they come up from the warp beam on their way to the harness.
- whipcordy — resembling a whipcord
- whipstock — the handle of a whip.
- whipworms — Plural form of whipworm.
- whirlpool — water in swift, circular motion, as that produced by the meeting of opposing currents, often causing a downward spiraling action.
- wide open — opened to the full extent: a wide-open window.
- wide-open — opened to the full extent: a wide-open window.
- willpower — control of one's impulses and actions; self-control.
- wincopipe — a pimpernel plant of the genus Anagallis
- windpower — Power harnessed or generated from the wind.
- windproof — resisting wind, as fabric or a jacket or coat.
- wipe down — If you wipe down something, you wash or dry its surface completely.
- wiped out — completely exhausted.
- wiped-out — completely exhausted.
- wire rope — a rope made of or containing strands of wire twisted together.
- wirephoto — a device for transmitting photographs over distances by wire. a photograph so transmitted.
- wolf pack — a group of submarines operating together in hunting down and attacking enemy convoys.
- wonderpop — (language) (WPOP) An implementation of POP for the PDP-10 made by Robert Rae <[email protected]> in Edinburgh in 1976. WonderPop used "cages" for different data types and introduced processes, properties and some typed identifiers.
- wood opal — a form of petrified wood impregnated by common opal
- wood pulp — wood reduced to pulp through mechanical and chemical treatment for use in the manufacture of certain kinds of paper.
- woodchips — Plural form of woodchip.
- woodchops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of woodchop.
- woodentop — a dull, foolish, or unintelligent person
- woodpiles — Plural form of woodpile.
- woodprint — woodcut.