9-letter words containing w, h, s
- shelfware — Computers. software or hardware that remains unsold, unused, or underused: shelfware as part of a bundled license deal.
- shellwork — decorative work composed of seashells: an elaborate picture frame decorated with shellwork.
- shewbread — 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.
- shiftwork — a system of employment where an individual's normal hours of work are, in part, outside the period of normal day working and may follow a different pattern in consecutive periods of weeks
- shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
- 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.
- shootdown — the attack and destruction of an aircraft in flight.
- shop-worn — worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store.
- shopwoman — a woman who works in a shop
- 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.
- shortgown — a short-skirted dress worn by women doing housework
- shortwall — pertaining to a means of extracting coal when the working face is about a third the length of the longwall system and mining is done by a continuous cutter rather than by longwall machinery.
- 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.
- show bill — an advertising poster.
- show card — an advertising placard or card.
- show copy — a positive print of a film for use at an important presentation such as a premiere
- show flat — a newly-build flat that is decorated and furnished for prospective buyers to view
- show girl — a woman who appears in the chorus of a show, nightclub act, etc.
- show pony — a person who tries to be the centre of attention; show-off
- showbizzy — characteristic of showbiz
- 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
- showmanly — characteristic of a showman
- 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.
- shut away — keep confined
- shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- 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
- slash-saw — plain-saw.
- slideshow — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- slowcoach — a slowpoke.
- smethwick — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- smithtown — a city on N Long Island, in SE New York.
- 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.
- snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)