9-letter words containing t, o, w, a
- 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.
- stornoway — a city in NW Scotland, in the Hebrides.
- stow away — Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.
- strapwork — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
- strapwort — a seaside plant with leaves resembling straps
- strawworm — caddisworm.
- swarthout — Gladys, 1904–69, U.S. soprano.
- swear out — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- sweat off — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweat out — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweatshop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- swingboat — a piece of fairground equipment consisting of a boat-shaped carriage for swinging in
- swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
- taekwondo — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- take down — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- take vows — to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
- talk down — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talk show — a radio or television show in which a host interviews or chats with guests, especially celebrity guests.
- tallowish — resembling tallow; tallow-like
- tank town — a town where trains stop to take on a supply of water.
- tarrytown — a village in SE New York, on the Hudson River: restored home of Washington Irving.
- task-work — work assigned or imposed as a task.
- tawny owl — a European owl, Strix aluco, having a reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes, and a round head
- tea towel — a dishtowel.
- tea wagon — a small table on wheels for carrying articles for use in serving tea.
- tear down — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
- tenon saw — a small fine-toothed saw with a strong back, used esp for cutting tenons
- the wagon — Charles's Wain
- the woman — feminine nature or feelings
- throwaway — made or intended to be discarded after use or quick examination: a throwaway container; a throwaway brochure.
- throwback — an act of throwing back.
- tirewoman — a lady's maid.
- tonawanda — a city in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- toothwash — a tooth-cleaning liquid
- toowoomba — a city in SE Queensland, in E Australia.
- top whack — the maximum price
- tow-start — the act of making the engine of a vehicle begin to work by towing that vehicle with another vehicle
- towelhead — an offensive term for someone who wears a turban
- towheaded — a head of very light blond, almost white hair.
- town hall — a hall or building belonging to a town, used for the transaction of the town's business and often also as a place of public assembly.
- town plan — a comprehensive document which sets out a vision of the physical and social development of a town, including the construction of facilities
- town talk — the usual talk, gossip, or rumors, as in a village or town.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- two-a-cat — two old cat.
- two-faced — having two faces.
- two-party — (of a political system) dominated by two major political parties
- two-phase — diphase.
- two-track — an oblique movement of a horse in which the forehand and hindquarters move on two distinct parallel tracks and the body is maintained uniformly in the direction of the movement.
- ultraslow — extremely slow