9-letter words containing w, i, s, d, o
- swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
- two-sided — having two sides; bilateral.
- webisodes — Plural form of webisode.
- whodunits — Plural form of whodunit.
- wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
- wild rose — any native species of rose, usually having a single flower with the corolla consisting of one circle of five roundish, spreading petals.
- wildwoods — Plural form of wildwood.
- wind rose — a map symbol showing, for a given locality or area, the frequency and strength of the wind from various directions.
- windows 1 — (operating system) The first incarnation of Microsoft Windows, released in 1985. It took a total of 55 programmer-years to develop, and only allowed tiled windows.
- windows 2 — (operating system) The second version of Microsoft Windows, released in 1987. Windows 2 had considerably more features than Windows 1, such as overlapping windows and icons. When Windows/386 was released, Windows 2 was renamed Windows/286.
- windsocks — Plural form of windsock.
- windstorm — a storm with heavy wind but little or no precipitation.
- wiresonde — an instrument carried aloft by a captive balloon and sending temperature and humidity data over a wire cable.
- withholds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of withhold.
- withstood — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
- wood ibis — any of several storks of the subfamily Mycteriinae, especially Mycteria americana, of the warm parts of America, and Ibis ibis, of Africa, having chiefly white plumage and a featherless head and resembling the true ibises in having curved bills: M. Americana is endangered.
- woodbines — Plural form of woodbine.
- woodchips — Plural form of woodchip.
- woodiness — The state of being woody.
- woodpiles — Plural form of woodpile.
- woodspite — the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis
- woodwinds — a musical wind instrument of the group comprising the flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and occasionally, the saxophones.
- word list — a list of words
- wordiness — characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose: She grew impatient at his wordy reply.
- wordings' — the act or manner of expressing in words; phrasing.
- wordsmith — an expert in the use of words.
- worshiped — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- wristdrop — paralysis of the extensor muscles of the hand causing it to droop, due to injuries or some poisons, as lead or arsenic.
- x-windows — (spelling) A common misnomer for the X Window System.