9-letter words containing w, a, n
- hand-walk — to carry (a memorandum, check, or other document) from one person or office to another so as to assure prompt delivery.
- hand-wash — to launder by hand rather than by washing machine: to hand-wash socks in a hotel-room sink.
- handblown — (of glassware) shaped by means of a handheld blowpipe: handblown crystal.
- handiwork — work done by hand.
- handtowel — a small piece of thick soft cloth used to dry the hands
- handwheel — a wheel, as a valve wheel, turned by hand.
- handwoven — made on a handloom; handloomed.
- handwrite — to write (something) by hand.
- handwrote — to write (something) by hand.
- handywork — Dated form of handiwork.
- hang with — to frequent the company of (someone)
- hansetown — Hansa (def 3).
- hard news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
- harrowing — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hashbrown — Alternative spelling of hash brown.
- hawthorne — Nathaniel, 1804–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- hawthorns — Plural form of hawthorn.
- hawthorny — resembling or characterized by hawthorns
- head wind — wind blowing head-on
- headwinds — Plural form of headwind.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- hemingway — Ernest (Miller) 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- heronshaw — a heron
- hornwrack — a yellowish bryozoan or sea mat sometimes found on beaches after a storm
- hwang hai — Older Spelling. Yellow Sea.
- in a stew — agitated, flustered
- in a word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- in no way — You use in no way or not in any way to emphasize that a statement is not at all true.
- indrawing — An inhale of breath.
- innerwear — garments worn on or near the skin, as underwear.
- inweaving — Present participle of inweave.
- inwreathe — enwreathe.
- ironwoman — a female worker or athlete of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- j. wanhal — Johann Baptist, Vanhal, Jan Křtitel.
- jackwagon — (US, slang, derogatory) An objectionable person; a jerk; a jackass.
- jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
- jane cowl — Jane, 1884–1950, U.S. actress and playwright.
- janjaweed — an armed tribal militia group in the Darfur region of western Sudan
- japan wax — a pale-yellow, waxy, water-insoluble solid obtained from the fruit of certain sumacs, especially Rhus succedanea, native to Japan and China: used chiefly in the manufacture of candles, furniture polishes, and floor waxes.
- jawboning — a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
- jazzwoman — a female jazz musician.
- jazzwomen — Plural form of jazzwoman.
- jigsawing — Present participle of jigsaw.
- jurywoman — a female juror.
- karankawa — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians who lived in southeastern Texas until the mid 19th century.
- kinswoman — a female relative.
- knapweeds — Plural form of knapweed.
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- kwajalein — an atoll in the Marshall Islands, in E Micronesia. About 78 miles (126 km) long.