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9-letter words containing w, h, e

  • shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
  • shoalwise — in shoals or large groups
  • shockwave — (tool)   A program from Macromedia for viewing files created with Macromedia Director. Shockwave is freely available as a plug-in for the Netscape Navigator web browser. "Shocked" pages that incorporate documents created in Director can usually only be enjoyed by users with an ISDN or faster connection.
  • shoreview — a town in E Minnesota.
  • shoreward — Also, shorewards. toward the shore or land.
  • shoreweed — a tufty aquatic perennial, Littorella uniflora, of the plantain family, that forms underwater mats but usually flowers only on muddy margins
  • shorewood — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
  • shortwave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
  • showcased — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
  • showerful — abundant
  • showiness — the property or characteristic of being showy.
  • showmance — a romance between two stars that only lasts for the run of the show
  • showpiece — something that is displayed or exhibited.
  • showplace — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
  • shrewdest — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
  • shrewlike — a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant.
  • shwe-shwe — an African cotton print fabric
  • side with — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
  • sidewheel — either of a pair of paddle wheels on the sides of a vessel.
  • skew arch — an arch, as at the entrance to a tunnel, having sides, or jambs, that are not at right angles with the face.
  • skewwhiff — not straight; askew
  • slideshow — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
  • smethwick — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
  • snow hole — a shelter dug in deep usually drifted snow
  • snow-shoe — a contrivance that may be attached to the foot to enable the wearer to walk on deep snow without sinking, especially a light, racket-shaped frame across which is stretched a network of rawhide.
  • somewhere — in or at some place not specified, determined, or known: They live somewhere in Michigan.
  • somewhile — at some former time.
  • southwell — Saint Robert. ?1561–95, English poet and Roman Catholic martyr, who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed for his Jesuit activities. His best-known poem is 'The Burning Babe'
  • southwest — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
  • speechway — a pattern, style, or feature of spoken language shared by the people of a particular group or area.
  • stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
  • sun wheel — Machinery. sun gear.
  • supershow — an exceptional show
  • sweatshop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
  • sweetfish — a sweet-tasting omnivorous fish, native to Japan
  • sweetshop — a shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets
  • swellfish — puffer (def 2).
  • swellhead — a vain or arrogant person.
  • swineherd — a person who tends swine.
  • swinehood — the quality or condition of a swine
  • tailwheel — a wheel fitted to the rear of a vehicle, esp the landing wheel under the tail of an aircraft
  • tent show — an exhibition or performance, especially a circus, presented in a tent.
  • the crowd — the common people; the masses
  • the gower — a peninsula in S Wales, in Swansea county on the Bristol Channel: mainly agricultural with several resorts
  • the jewry — (in some anti-semitic literature) the Jews conceived of as an organized force seeking world domination
  • the kiwis — the men's international Rugby League football team of New Zealand
  • the swanz — the women's international soccer team of New Zealand
  • the swiss — the people of Switzerland
  • the sword — violence, warfare
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