9-letter words containing s, h, o, w
- hollowest — Superlative form of hollow.
- holy wars — [Usenet, but may predate it] flame wars over religious issues. The paper by Danny Cohen that popularised the terms big-endian and little-endian was entitled "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace". Other perennial Holy Wars have included Emacs vs. vi, my personal computer vs. everyone else's personal computer, ITS vs. Unix, Unix vs. VMS, BSD Unix vs. USG Unix, C vs. Pascal, C vs. Fortran, etc., ad nauseam. The characteristic that distinguishes holy wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy wars most of the participants spend their time trying to pass off personal value choices and cultural attachments as objective technical evaluations. See also theology.
- home news — news of events in the home country, as opposed to foreign news
- hometowns — Plural form of hometown.
- homewards — Of or pertaining to leading toward home.
- homewares — (chiefly, British) Furnishings for the home, such as furniture and cushions.
- honeworts — Plural form of honewort.
- honeydews — Plural form of honeydew.
- hoodwinks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoodwink.
- hookworms — Plural form of hookworm.
- hoosegows — Plural form of hoosegow.
- hornworms — Plural form of hornworm.
- hornworts — Plural form of hornwort.
- horseweed — a North American composite weed, Erigeron canadensis, having narrow, hairy leaves and clusters of very small greenish-white flowers.
- horsewhip — a whip for controlling horses.
- horsewood — A West Indian tree, Calliandra latifolia, with showy crimson blossoms.
- hose down — spray sth clean
- houseware — Homeware.
- housewife — Sometimes Offensive. a married woman who manages her own household, especially as her principal occupation.
- housewive — (transitive) To manage with skill and economy.
- housework — the work of cleaning, cooking, etc., to be done in housekeeping.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- howsoever — to whatsoever extent or degree.
- inchworms — Plural form of inchworm.
- ingrowths — Plural form of ingrowth.
- isherwood — Christopher (William Bradshaw) [brad-shaw] /ˈbræd ʃɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, English poet, novelist, and playwright; in the U.S. since 1938.
- jobsworth — (chiefly, British) A minor worker who refuses to be flexible in the application of rules to help a client or customer.
- johnstown — a city in SW Pennsylvania: disastrous flood 1889.
- know-hows — knowledge of how to do something; faculty or skill for a particular activity; expertise: Designing a computer requires a lot of know-how.
- low heels — shoes which have relatively low heels
- lowlights — Plural form of lowlight.
- marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
- marshwort — A small, white-flowered plant, of the genus Apium, that grows in marshy habitats.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- misgrowth — an abnormal or distorted growth
- mold wash — a coating applied in liquid form to walls of a mold cavity.
- mouthbows — Plural form of mouthbow.
- mouthwash — a solution, often containing antiseptic, astringent, and breath-sweetening agents, used for cleansing the mouth and teeth, and for gargling.
- narrowish — somewhat narrow
- newshound — A newspaper reporter.
- nonwhites — Plural form of nonwhite.
- northwest — a point on the compass midway between north and west. Abbreviation: NW.
- nosewheel — the landing wheel under the nose of an aircraft.
- oakenshaw — an area of woodland containing oak trees
- ohm's law — the law that for any circuit the electric current is directly proportional to the voltage and is inversely proportional to the resistance.
- old welsh — the Welsh language of the period before c1150 a.d.
- on wheels — Something on wheels has wheels attached to the bottom, so that it can be moved easily.
- otherwise — under other circumstances: Otherwise they may get broken.
- outthrows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthrow.