9-letter words containing w, h, s
- erstwhile — Former.
- eschewing — Present participle of eschew.
- eyeshadow — A colored cosmetic, typically in powder form, applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.
- fish crow — a crow, Corvus ossifragus, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, that feeds on fish, mollusks, etc.
- fish hawk — osprey (def 1).
- fishbowls — Plural form of fishbowl.
- fishwives — Plural form of fishwife.
- fishwoman — (dated) A woman who sells fish.
- fleshworm — a flesh-eating worm, specifically the parasitic larva of any member of the genus Sarcophagidae
- floorshow — A set of performances held in a nightclub during the course of an evening.
- flushwork — decorative treatment of the surface of an outside wall with flints split to show their smooth black surface, combined with dressed stone to form patterns such as tracery or initials
- flywheels — Plural form of flywheel.
- flywhisks — Plural form of flywhisk.
- foreshows — Plural form of foreshow.
- freakshow — Alternative spelling of freak show.
- game show — a television or radio program in which contestants answer questions or play games of skill or chance in order to win money or other prizes.
- gang show — an amateur theatrical performance with a cast made up of youth members of Scouts and Guides
- ghostview — An X Window System interface to the ghostscript PostScript interpreter.
- good show — excellent, that's good
- greenwash — Disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.
- growthist — an advocate of the importance of economic growth
- hacksawed — Simple past tense and past participle of hacksaw.
- hairworms — Plural form of hairworm.
- halesowen — a town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 273 (2001)
- hallowmas — the feast of Allhallows or All Saints' Day, on November 1.
- hand-sewn — sewn by hand.
- hand-wash — to launder by hand rather than by washing machine: to hand-wash socks in a hotel-room sink.
- 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.
- hardwires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hardwire.
- hardwoods — Plural form of hardwood.
- hashbrown — Alternative spelling of hash brown.
- hatchways — Plural form of hatchway.
- hawkbills — Plural form of hawkbill.
- hawkishly — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hawksbill — A small tropical sea turtle with hooked jaws and overlapping horny plates on the shell, extensively hunted as the traditional source of tortoiseshell.
- hawksmoor — Nicholas, 1661–1736, English architect.
- hawkweeds — Plural form of hawkweed.
- hawsehole — a hole in the stem or bow of a vessel for an anchor cable.
- hawsepipe — an iron or steel pipe in the stem or bow of a vessel through which an anchor cable passes.
- hawthorns — Plural form of hawthorn.
- headwards — backwards beyond the original source
- headwinds — Plural form of headwind.
- headwords — Plural form of headword.
- heatwaves — Plural form of heatwave.
- hedgerows — Plural form of hedgerow.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- hellwards — towards hell
- heronshaw — a heron
- hicks yew — a hybrid yew, Taxus media hicksii, having a columnar manner of growth.