9-letter words containing t, o, w
- weak spot — some aspect of a character or situation that is susceptible to criticism
- weigh out — If you weigh something out, you measure a certain weight of it in order to make sure that you have the correct amount.
- weird out — to cause (someone) to feel afraid or uncomfortable
- well told — simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- well-trod — a simple past tense and past participle of tread.
- wellpoint — a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area so that it can be pumped away, as to prevent an excavation from filling with ground water.
- wentworth — Thomas, 1st Earl of Strafford, Strafford, 1st Earl of.
- west goth — a Visigoth.
- westabout — in, to, or towards the west
- westbound — proceeding or headed west.
- westbrook — a city in SW Maine.
- westmount — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- whack out — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- whaleboat — a long, narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas: formerly used in whaling, now mainly for sea rescue.
- wheatworm — a small nematode, Tylenchus tritici, that stunts growth and disrupts seed production in wheat.
- whereinto — Into which.
- whereunto — (archaic or formal, interrogative) unto what; to what purpose.
- whetstone — a stone for sharpening cutlery or tools by friction.
- whinstone — Chiefly British. any of the dark-colored, fine-grained rocks, especially igneous rocks, as dolerite and basalt.
- whipstock — the handle of a whip.
- white fox — Arctic fox.
- white oak — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- white out — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
- white owl — snowy owl
- white rot — a decay of wood caused by lignase-producing fungi, especially Phanerochaete chrysosporium.
- white-hot — extremely hot.
- whiteboys — a secret agrarian peasant organization, active in Ireland during the early 1760s, whose members wore white shirts for recognition on their night raids to destroy crops, barns, and other property in redressing grievances against landlords and protesting the paying of tithes.
- whitecoat — a baby seal, usually less than four weeks old and still having its initial white fur.
- whitecomb — a fungal disease infecting the combs of certain fowls
- whiteouts — Plural form of whiteout.
- whitewood — any of numerous trees, as the tulip tree or the linden, yielding a white or light-colored wood.
- whitworth — Kathrynne Ann ("Kathy") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- whodunits — Plural form of whodunit.
- whodunnit — a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.
- wholetime — full-time.
- wholistic — holism.
- wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
- williston — a city in NW North Dakota, on the Missouri River.
- windstorm — a storm with heavy wind but little or no precipitation.
- windthrow — the uprooting of trees by wind
- wing bolt — a bolt with a head like a wing nut.
- wing shot — a shot at a bird in flight.
- wiped out — completely exhausted.
- wiped-out — completely exhausted.
- wirephoto — a device for transmitting photographs over distances by wire. a photograph so transmitted.
- witchhood — the position of a witch
- witchknot — a knot of hair
- withe rod — either of two North American viburnums, Viburnum cassinoides or V. nudum, having tough, osierlike shoots.
- withgoing — Present participle of withgo.
- withholds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of withhold.