9-letter words containing s, w
- downswept — curved downwards
- downswing — a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
- downticks — Plural form of downtick.
- downtowns — Plural form of downtown.
- downturns — Plural form of downturn.
- downwards — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- drag show — a performance by drag artists
- draw lots — to decide an issue by using lots
- draw shot — a stroke that imparts a backward spin to the cue ball, causing it to roll back after striking the object ball. Compare follow shot (def 2).
- draw-slip — a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- drawbacks — Plural form of drawback.
- drawshave — drawknife.
- drawsheet — a narrow sheet, often used on hospital beds, placed under a patient's buttocks and often over a rubber sheet, that can easily be removed if soiled.
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- drawworks — A drawworks is a drum for reeling the drill string in and out.
- driveways — Plural form of driveway.
- dropworts — Plural form of dropwort.
- drownings — Plural form of drowning.
- dumb show — a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in early English drama.
- dump scow — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
- dust bowl — the region in the S central U.S. that suffered from dust storms in the 1930s.
- dust down — wipe clean
- dust well — a hollow in the surface of a glacier, formed by the melting action of dust or soil deposits.
- dustywing — any of the rare, minute neuropterous insects of the family Coniopterygidae, characterized by a white, powdery body and wing cover, large eyes, long and slender antennae, and chewing mouthparts.
- dwarfness — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- dwellings — a building or place of shelter to live in; place of residence; abode; home.
- ear sewer — Dialect. a dragonfly.
- east-west — occurring between the East and the West, especially, formerly, occurring between the Soviet Union and the U.S.: East-West trade; East-West relations.
- eastwards — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- edelweiss — a small composite plant, Leontopodium alpinum, having white woolly leaves and flowers, growing in the high altitudes of the Alps.
- egg whisk — An egg whisk is a piece of kitchen equipment used for mixing the different parts of an egg together.
- ellsworth — Lincoln1880-1951; U.S. polar explorer
- elsewhere — In, at, or to some other place or other places.
- enswathed — Simple past tense and past participle of enswathe.
- entryways — Plural form of entryway.
- erstwhile — Former.
- eschewing — Present participle of eschew.
- escrowing — Present participle of escrow.
- eyeshadow — A colored cosmetic, typically in powder form, applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.
- fadeaways — Plural form of fadeaway.
- fake news — false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting
- fallowers — Plural form of fallower.
- falsework — framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself.
- farewells — Plural form of farewell.
- fencerows — Plural form of fencerow.
- feverfews — Plural form of feverfew.
- firewalls — Plural form of firewall.
- fireworks — Often, fireworks. a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise, used for signaling or as part of a celebration.
- fireworms — Plural form of fireworm.
- fish crow — a crow, Corvus ossifragus, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, that feeds on fish, mollusks, etc.