9-letter words containing t, o, w
- kingstown — an island state in the S Windward Islands, in the SE West Indies comprising St. Vincent island and the N Grenadines: gained independence 1979. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km). Capital: Kingstown.
- knotweeds — Plural form of knotweed.
- know best — to be the best guide, authority, etc.
- kowtowing — Present participle of kowtow.
- laserwort — the name given to several umbelliferous woodland plants of the genus Laserpitium, such as Laserpitium latifolium, whose roots are used as a flavouring
- last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
- late wood — summerwood.
- law court — court of law.
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- leibowitz — René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1913–1972, French conductor and composer, born in Poland.
- levittown — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- lightwood — Also called fatwood. kindling.
- liverwort — any mosslike plant of the class Hepaticae, growing chiefly on damp ground, rocks, or on tree trunks and helping the decay of logs and the disintegration of rocks.
- longworth — Alice Lee Roosevelt ("Princess Alice") 1884–1980, U.S. socialite: daughter of Theodore Roosevelt.
- lousewort — any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976.
- low latin — any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin.
- low water — water at its lowest level, as in a river.
- low-count — (of a woven fabric) having a relatively low number of warp and filling threads per square inch.
- lower set — (mathematics) A finite non-empty downward closed subset of a partial order.
- lowermost — lowest1 .
- lowestoft — a seaport in NE Suffolk, in E England: famous for a type of china.
- lowlights — Plural form of lowlight.
- lungworts — Plural form of lungwort.
- lwd tools — LWD tools are tools which have sensors to record information about rock formation during drilling.
- manitowoc — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- marrowfat — a large-seeded variety of pea.
- marshwort — A small, white-flowered plant, of the genus Apium, that grows in marshy habitats.
- matchwood — wood suitable for match.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- matholwch — a legendary king of Ireland and the husband of Branwen.
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- melt down — substance
- meltdowns — Plural form of meltdown.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- microwatt — a unit of power equal to one millionth of a watt. Symbol: μW, μ w.
- milkworts — Plural form of milkwort.
- minitower — a vertical case, smaller than a tower, designed to house a computer system standing on a desk or floor.
- misbestow — to bestow wrongly
- misgrowth — an abnormal or distorted growth
- miterwort — any of several plants belonging to the genus Mitella, of the saxifrage family, having a capsule that resembles a bishop's miter.
- mitrewort — any of several plants belonging to the genus Mitella, of the saxifrage family, having a capsule that resembles a bishop's miter.
- moneywort — a creeping plant, Lysimachia nummularia, of the primrose family, having roundish leaves and solitary yellow flowers.
- monotower — A monotower is an offshore platform without any workers, which has one leg.
- motorways — Plural form of motorway.
- mouthbows — Plural form of mouthbow.
- mouthwash — a solution, often containing antiseptic, astringent, and breath-sweetening agents, used for cleansing the mouth and teeth, and for gargling.
- narrowest — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- navelwort — a European plant, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, round leaves and yellowish-green flowers.