9-letter words containing s, w
- fish hawk — osprey (def 1).
- fishbowls — Plural form of fishbowl.
- fishwives — Plural form of fishwife.
- fishwoman — (dated) A woman who sells fish.
- five wits — the five senses or mental faculties
- flatwares — utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- flatwoods — a woodland in a low-lying region having little drainage.
- flatworms — Plural form of flatworm.
- fleshworm — a flesh-eating worm, specifically the parasitic larva of any member of the genus Sarcophagidae
- floorshow — A set of performances held in a nightclub during the course of an evening.
- flowerers — Plural form of flowerer.
- flowerets — Plural form of floweret.
- flowstone — a layered deposit of calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , left by thin sheets of flowing water, as in a cave.
- flushwork — decorative treatment of the surface of an outside wall with flints split to show their smooth black surface, combined with dressed stone to form patterns such as tracery or initials
- flywheels — Plural form of flywheel.
- flywhisks — Plural form of flywhisk.
- followers — Plural form of follower.
- followups — the act of following up.
- footwalls — Plural form of footwall.
- footwears — Plural form of footwear.
- footwells — Plural form of footwell.
- for words — indescribably; extremely
- foreshows — Plural form of foreshow.
- foreswear — Alternative spelling of forswear.
- foresworn — Simple past tense and past participle of foreswear.
- forewarns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forewarn.
- forewings — Plural form of forewing.
- forewords — Plural form of foreword.
- forswears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forswear.
- fosse way — a Roman road in Britain between Lincoln and Exeter, with a fosse on each side
- fowl pest — an acute and usually fatal viral disease of domestic fowl, characterized by refusal to eat, high temperature, and discoloration of the comb and wattles
- frame saw — a saw with a thin blade held in a specially shaped frame
- freakshow — Alternative spelling of freak show.
- frogspawn — The eggs of a frog, which are surrounded by transparent jelly.
- frontwise — Toward the front; in the direction of the front; frontward.
- frostweed — a plant, Helianthemum canadense, of the rockrose family, native to eastern North America, having narrow leaves and a solitary yellow flower.
- frostwork — the delicate tracery formed by frost, especially on glass.
- furbelows — Plural form of furbelow.
- fuse wire — current-carrying wire made from an alloy which melts at a fairly low temperature
- gall wasp — any wasp of the family Cynipidae, the larvae of which form characteristic galls on plants.
- galliwasp — any of numerous scaly marsh lizards of the genus Diploglossus, inhabiting Central America and the West Indies.
- gallowses — Plural form of gallows.
- game laws — a law enacted for the preservation of game, as by restricting the number and kinds of game that may be taken and by designating periods of the year when specified game may be taken.
- game show — a television or radio program in which contestants answer questions or play games of skill or chance in order to win money or other prizes.
- gang show — an amateur theatrical performance with a cast made up of youth members of Scouts and Guides
- gauss law — the principle that the total electric flux of a closed surface in an electric field is equal to 4π times the electric charge inside the surface.
- gawkiness — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- ghostview — An X Window System interface to the ghostscript PostScript interpreter.
- gigawatts — Plural form of gigawatt.
- gipsywort — a hairy Eurasian plant, Lycopus europaeus, having two-lipped white flowers with purple dots on the lower lip: family Lamiaceae (labiates)