9-letter words containing s, h, o, w
- showmanly — characteristic of a showman
- 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.
- shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- slideshow — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- slowcoach — a slowpoke.
- smithtown — a city on N Long Island, in SE New York.
- snow hole — a shelter dug in deep usually drifted snow
- snow-shoe — a contrivance that may be attached to the foot to enable the wearer to walk on deep snow without sinking, especially a light, racket-shaped frame across which is stretched a network of rawhide.
- snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)
- somewhere — in or at some place not specified, determined, or known: They live somewhere in Michigan.
- somewhile — at some former time.
- southdown — one of an English breed of sheep, yielding mutton of high quality.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- southwell — Saint Robert. ?1561–95, English poet and Roman Catholic martyr, who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed for his Jesuit activities. His best-known poem is 'The Burning Babe'
- southwest — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
- stalworth — stalwart.
- stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- stopwatch — a watch with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, used for precise timing, as in races.
- supershow — an exceptional show
- swap shop — a store or shop where items, especially secondhand ones, are traded or sold.
- swarthout — Gladys, 1904–69, U.S. soprano.
- swashwork — a type of work done on a lathe, which is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation of the work
- 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
- swinehood — the quality or condition of a swine
- switch on — the act or process of switching on an ignition, light, appliance, etc.
- switch-on — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- swordfish — a large, marine food fish, Xiphias gladius, having the upper jaw elongated into a swordlike structure.
- talk show — a radio or television show in which a host interviews or chats with guests, especially celebrity guests.
- tallowish — resembling tallow; tallow-like
- tent show — an exhibition or performance, especially a circus, presented in a tent.
- the sword — violence, warfare
- the wolds — a range of chalk hills in NE England: consists of the Yorkshire Wolds to the north, separated from the Lincolnshire Wolds by the Humber estuary
- the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- the worst — the least good or most inferior person, thing, or part in a group, narrative, etc
- the-downs — a range of low ridges in S and SW England.
- throwster — a person who throws silk or synthetic filaments.
- toothwash — a tooth-cleaning liquid
- townhouse — a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
- townshend — Charles, 1725–67, English politician, chancellor of the exchequer for whom the Townshend Acts are named.
- two-horse — If you describe a contest as a two-horse race, you mean that only two of the people or things taking part have any chance of winning.
- two-phase — diphase.
- wadsworth — a city in N Ohio.
- war horse — a horse used in war; charger.
- war-horse — a horse used in war; charger.
- warehouse — a building, or a part of one, for the storage of goods, merchandise, etc.
- warhorses — Plural form of warhorse.
- warmouths — Plural form of warmouth.