9-letter words containing w, o, b
- home-brew — beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.
- how about — introducing a suggestion
- jawboning — a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- jewel box — jewel case.
- jobernowl — a stupid person; blockhead
- jobsworth — (chiefly, British) A minor worker who refuses to be flexible in the application of rules to help a client or customer.
- know best — to be the best guide, authority, etc.
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
- lambswool — Fine wool from a young sheep, used to make knitted garments, blankets, etc., with a soft texture.
- leibowitz — René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1913–1972, French conductor and composer, born in Poland.
- low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
- low brass — an alloy of about 80 percent copper and 20 percent zinc, with traces of lead and iron.
- lowballed — Simple past tense and past participle of lowball.
- microbrew — beer brewed in a microbrewery.
- mindblown — Having a blown mind.
- misbestow — to bestow wrongly
- mouthbows — Plural form of mouthbow.
- new blood — If people talk about bringing new blood into an organization or sports team, they are referring to new people who are likely to improve the organization or team.
- new broom — Someone who has just started a new job and who is expected to make a lot of changes can be referred to as a new broom.
- newsboard — bulletin board.
- nut-brown — Nut-brown is used to describe things that are dark reddish brown in colour.
- overblown — (of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown: an overblown rose.
- owensboro — a city in NW Kentucky, on the Ohio River.
- own brand — Own brands are products which have the trademark or label of the shop which sells them, especially a supermarket chain. They are normally cheaper than other popular brands.
- own label — Own label is the same as own brand.
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- plow back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
- raw-boned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- rice bowl — deep dish for rice
- saddlebow — the arched front part of a saddle or saddletree.
- scrubdown — an act or instance of scrubbing, especially a thorough washing of a surface or object: The decks of the ship get a scrubdown every morning.
- shadowbox — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- show bill — an advertising poster.
- 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.
- slop bowl — a bowl into which the dregs from tea cups are emptied at table
- slow burn — a gradual building up of anger, as opposed to an immediate outburst: I did a slow burn as the conversation progressed.
- snow bank — a long raised mass of fallen snow
- snow crab — an edible spider crab of the North Pacific, Chionoecetes opilio, commercially important as a frozen seafood product.
- snow-boot — a boot specially designed for walking in snow
- snowberry — a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos albus, of the honeysuckle family, cultivated for its ornamental white berries.
- snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
- snowblink — a white luminosity on the underside of clouds, caused by the reflection of light from a snow surface.
- snowboard — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- snowbound — shut in or immobilized by snow.
- snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)