9-letter words containing w, o, b
- brown rot — a disease of apples, peaches, etc, caused by fungi of the genus Sclerotinia and characterized by yellowish-brown masses of spores on the plant surface
- brown-bag — If you brown-bag your lunch or you brown-bag it, you bring your lunch in a bag to work or school.
- brownwood — a city in central Texas.
- browridge — the ridge of bone over the eye sockets
- browsable — able to be browsed
- brushwood — Brushwood consists of small pieces of wood that have broken off trees and bushes.
- brushwork — An artist's brushwork is their way of using their brush to put paint on a canvas and the effect that this has in the picture.
- builddown — a planned numerical reduction, esp of nuclear weapons where, for every new weapon built, two or more older weapons are destroyed
- burn down — If a building burns down or if someone burns it down, it is completely destroyed by fire.
- burrowing — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- busy work — work assigned for the sake of looking or keeping busy.
- busy-work — work assigned for the sake of looking or keeping busy.
- buzz word — a word, often originating in a particular jargon, that becomes a vogue word in the community as a whole or among a particular group
- by way of — You use by way of when you are explaining the purpose of something that you have said or are about to say. For example, if you say something by way of an introduction, you say it as an introduction.
- byrewoman — a woman who works in a byre
- bytownite — a rare plagioclase found in alkaline igneous rocks
- chawbacon — an unsophisticated person of low intellect
- climbdown — A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
- clubwoman — a woman who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- clubwomen — Plural form of clubwoman.
- cobwebbed — A cobwebbed surface is covered with cobwebs.
- cold brew — the process of steeping coffee grounds or tea leaves in room-temperature or cold water for many hours, producing a concentrate to which more water may be added.
- cold-brew — (of a drink such as tea or coffee) prepared by steeping in cold water
- cowabunga — Used to express delight or satisfaction.
- cowboy up — to adopt a tough approach or course of action
- cowboying — Present participle of cowboy.
- crossbows — Plural form of crossbow.
- crow-bill — a type of forceps used to extract bullets, etc, from wounds
- crowberry — a low-growing N temperate evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, with small purplish flowers and black berry-like fruit: family Empetraceae
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
- dicky bow — a bow tie
- downbeats — Plural form of downbeat.
- downburst — a strong downward current of air from a cumulonimbus cloud, often associated with intense thunderstorms.
- dumb down — lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
- dumb show — a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in early English drama.
- dust bowl — the region in the S central U.S. that suffered from dust storms in the 1930s.
- elbowlike — Resembling an elbow.
- elbowroom — Sufficient space to have freedom of movement.
- emboweled — Simple past tense and past participle of embowel.
- embowered — Simple past tense and past participle of embower.
- embrowned — Simple past tense and past participle of embrown.
- end-blown — (of a recorder) held downwards and blown through one end
- fishbowls — Plural form of fishbowl.
- flowerbed — A part of a garden or park where flowers are grown.
- fob watch — a pocket watch that is attached to a waistcoat by a chain or ribbon
- furbelows — Plural form of furbelow.
- handblown — (of glassware) shaped by means of a handheld blowpipe: handblown crystal.
- hashbrown — Alternative spelling of hash brown.
- highbrows — Plural form of highbrow.