9-letter words containing w, e, h, o
- heartworm — a parasitic nematode, Dirofilaria immitis, transmitted by mosquito and invading the heart and pulmonary arteries of dogs, wolves, and foxes throughout its range in tropical, subtropical and, more recently, temperate regions around the world.
- hedgerows — Plural form of hedgerow.
- heronshaw — a heron
- hogwaller — Alternative spelling of hog waller.
- holloware — silver dishes, as serving dishes, having some depth (distinguished from flatware).
- hollowest — Superlative form of hollow.
- holy week — the week preceding Easter Sunday.
- home news — news of events in the home country, as opposed to foreign news
- home town — town or city where one grew up
- home-brew — beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.
- homegrown — grown or produced at home or in a particular region for local consumption: homegrown tomatoes.
- homeowner — a person who owns a home.
- hometowns — Plural form of hometown.
- homewards — Of or pertaining to leading toward home.
- homewares — (chiefly, British) Furnishings for the home, such as furniture and cushions.
- honeworts — Plural form of honewort.
- honeydews — Plural form of honeydew.
- honeywell — (company) A US company known for its mainframes and operating systems. The company's history is long and tortuous, with many mergers, acquisitions and name changes. A company formed on 1886-04-23 to make furnace regulators eventually merged in 1927 with another company formed in 1904 by a young plumbing and heating engineer named Mark Honeywell who was perfecting the heat generator. A 1955 joint venture with Raytheon Corp., called Datamatic Corporation, marked Honeywell's entry into the computer business. Their first computer was the D-1000. In 1960 Honeywell bought out Raytheon's interest and the name changed to Electronic Data Processing (EDP) then in 1963 it was officially renamed Honeywell Inc. In 1970 Honeywell merged its computer business with General Electric's to form Honeywell Information Systems. In 1986 a joint venture with the french company Bull and japanese NEC Corporation created Honeywell Bull. By 1991 Honeywell had withdrawn from the computer business, focussing more on aeropspace. See also: brain-damaged.
- honeywort — a plant, Cerinthe retorta, of Greece, having bluish-green leaves and purple-tipped yellow flowers.
- hoosegows — Plural form of hoosegow.
- horseweed — a North American composite weed, Erigeron canadensis, having narrow, hairy leaves and clusters of very small greenish-white flowers.
- horsewhip — a whip for controlling horses.
- horsewood — A West Indian tree, Calliandra latifolia, with showy crimson blossoms.
- hose down — spray sth clean
- hot water — trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.
- houseware — Homeware.
- housewife — Sometimes Offensive. a married woman who manages her own household, especially as her principal occupation.
- housewive — (transitive) To manage with skill and economy.
- housework — the work of cleaning, cooking, etc., to be done in housekeeping.
- how come? — what is the reason that?
- how then? — what is the meaning of this?
- how-de-do — a greeting; salutation: She smiled and gave him a how-do-you-do fit for a king.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- howsoever — to whatsoever extent or degree.
- howtowdie — a Scottish dish of boiled chicken with poached eggs and spinach
- isherwood — Christopher (William Bradshaw) [brad-shaw] /ˈbræd ʃɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, English poet, novelist, and playwright; in the U.S. since 1938.
- kahoolawe — an island in central Hawaii, S of Maui: uninhabited. 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km).
- low heels — shoes which have relatively low heels
- lowlihead — lowly state; lowliness.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- monowheel — A vehicle similar to a unicycle, its rider sitting within or adjacent to the single wheel.
- net worth — net assets.
- newshound — A newspaper reporter.
- non-white — a sociocultural classification of modern humans with darker pigmentation of the skin than is characteristic in people of European descent.
- nonwhites — Plural form of nonwhite.
- northwest — a point on the compass midway between north and west. Abbreviation: NW.
- nosewheel — the landing wheel under the nose of an aircraft.
- nowhither — to no place; nowhere: paths leading nowhither.
- oakenshaw — an area of woodland containing oak trees
- off-white — white mixed with a small amount of gray, yellow, or other light color.