9-letter words containing w, h
- death row — If someone is on death row, they are in the part of a prison which contains the cells for criminals who have been sentenced to death.
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
- deathward — having an inclination or disposition towards death
- dipswitch — (electronics, computing) A miniature switch designed to be attached to a circuit board to customize the behavior of the circuit.
- dishallow — to profane; desecrate.
- dishtowel — a towel for drying dishes.
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- dog whelk — any of several carnivorous, marine gastropods of the family Nassidae.
- doomwatch — surveillance of the environment to warn of and prevent harm to it from human factors such as pollution or overpopulation
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- down home — of, relating to, or exhibiting the simple, familiar, or folksy qualities associated with one's family or with rural areas, especially of the southern U.S.: down-home cooking; down-home hospitality.
- down with — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- down-home — of, relating to, or exhibiting the simple, familiar, or folksy qualities associated with one's family or with rural areas, especially of the southern U.S.: down-home cooking; down-home hospitality.
- downlight — a lamp, often a light bulb set in a metal cylinder, mounted on or recessed into the ceiling so that a beam of light is directed downward.
- downright — thorough; absolute; out-and-out: a downright falsehood.
- downshift — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- downthrow — a throwing down or being thrown down; overthrow.
- downweigh — (transitive) To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
- drag show — a performance by drag artists
- draw shot — a stroke that imparts a backward spin to the cue ball, causing it to roll back after striking the object ball. Compare follow shot (def 2).
- drawbench — a bench having apparatus for cold-drawing wires, tubes, etc.
- drawshave — drawknife.
- drawsheet — a narrow sheet, often used on hospital beds, placed under a patient's buttocks and often over a rubber sheet, that can easily be removed if soiled.
- duck hawk — a peregrine falcon of the American subspecies Falco peregrinus anatum, noted for its especially swift flight.
- duckwheat — India wheat.
- dumb show — a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in early English drama.
- eachwhere — all over or in every place
- earthward — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- earthwork — excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation.
- earthworm — any one of numerous annelid worms that burrow in soil and feed on soil nutrients and decaying organic matter.
- echo word — a word that is echoic (sense 2), or onomatopoeic
- edgeworth — Maria, 1767–1849, English novelist.
- egg whisk — An egg whisk is a piece of kitchen equipment used for mixing the different parts of an egg together.
- egg white — the white of an egg, especially a hen's egg, used in cooking; albumen.
- ellsworth — Lincoln1880-1951; U.S. polar explorer
- elsewhere — In, at, or to some other place or other places.
- enswathed — Simple past tense and past participle of enswathe.
- enwreathe — Surround or envelop (something).
- enwrought — (archaic) Made from (a material).
- erstwhile — Former.
- eschewing — Present participle of eschew.
- ethelwulf — died 858 ad, king of Wessex (839–858)
- everwhere — (US, dialectal) everywhere.
- everywhen — always, at all times
- eyeshadow — A colored cosmetic, typically in powder form, applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.
- fin whale — finback.
- 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.