9-letter words containing t, w, o, h
- honeworts — Plural form of honewort.
- honeywort — a plant, Cerinthe retorta, of Greece, having bluish-green leaves and purple-tipped yellow flowers.
- hornworts — Plural form of hornwort.
- hot water — trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.
- how about — introducing a suggestion
- how then? — what is the meaning of this?
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- howtowdie — a Scottish dish of boiled chicken with poached eggs and spinach
- hunt down — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- ingrowths — Plural form of ingrowth.
- inwrought — worked in or closely combined with something.
- jobsworth — (chiefly, British) A minor worker who refuses to be flexible in the application of rules to help a client or customer.
- johnstown — a city in SW Pennsylvania: disastrous flood 1889.
- lightwood — Also called fatwood. kindling.
- longworth — Alice Lee Roosevelt ("Princess Alice") 1884–1980, U.S. socialite: daughter of Theodore Roosevelt.
- lowlights — Plural form of lowlight.
- 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.
- misgrowth — an abnormal or distorted growth
- 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.
- net worth — net assets.
- night owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- night-owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nightglow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- nightgown — a loose gown, worn in bed by women or children.
- no-growth — failing to or unlikely to grow; showing a lack of progress or development: a no-growth industry.
- non-white — a sociocultural classification of modern humans with darker pigmentation of the skin than is characteristic in people of European descent.
- nongrowth — the failure to grow
- nonwhites — Plural form of nonwhite.
- northward — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- northwest — a point on the compass midway between north and west. Abbreviation: NW.
- northwich — a town in NW England, in Cheshire: salt and chemical industries. Pop: 39 568 (2001)
- nowhither — to no place; nowhere: paths leading nowhither.
- off-white — white mixed with a small amount of gray, yellow, or other light color.
- otherwise — under other circumstances: Otherwise they may get broken.
- outgrowth — a natural development, product, or result: to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect.
- outthrows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthrow.
- outwashes — Plural form of outwash.
- outweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outweigh.
- over with — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
- overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
- overwatch — to watch over.
- patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
- plowright — Dame Joan. born 1929, British actress, married to Laurence Olivier (1961–89)
- power hit — (Or "power glitch") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply. These can cause crashes and even permanent damage to computers. Computers and other electronic equipment should really include some kind of over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such damamge.
- pregrowth — the period before something begins to grow