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9-letter words containing w, o, l

  • southwell — Saint Robert. ?1561–95, English poet and Roman Catholic martyr, who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed for his Jesuit activities. His best-known poem is 'The Burning Babe'
  • sow-belly — fat salt pork taken from the belly of a hog.
  • spelldown — a spelling competition that begins with all the contestants standing and that ends when all but one, the winner, have been required to sit down due to a specified number of misspellings.
  • spoolview — (tool)   A printing system for Unix. SpoolView can control several printers connected to a TCP/IP network. Different printers can be loaded with different paper and forms. After submitting a print request, the user can change the printer, form, number of copies or priority. Administrators can register new printers, change paper forms on printers, cancel requests, suspend printers.
  • spot-weld — to weld (two pieces of metal) together in a small area or spot by the application of heat and pressure.
  • stalworth — stalwart.
  • steelwork — steel parts or articles.
  • stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
  • stownlins — secretly; stealthily.
  • sunflower — any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 inches (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
  • sweet oil — olive oil.
  • swell box — a chamber containing a set of pipes in a pipe organ or of reeds in a reed organ, and having movable slats or shutters that can be opened or closed to increase or diminish tonal volume.
  • swordbill — a South American hummingbird, Ensifera ensifera, having a slender bill that is longer than its body.
  • swordplay — the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
  • 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.
  • talk down — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
  • talk show — a radio or television show in which a host interviews or chats with guests, especially celebrity guests.
  • tallowish — resembling tallow; tallow-like
  • tawny owl — a European owl, Strix aluco, having a reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes, and a round head
  • tea towel — a dishtowel.
  • the wolds — a range of chalk hills in NE England: consists of the Yorkshire Wolds to the north, separated from the Lincolnshire Wolds by the Humber estuary
  • to follow — After mentioning one course of a meal, you can mention the next course by saying what you will have to follow or what there will be to follow.
  • tollywood — the Telugu-language film industry, based in the state of Andhra Pradesh in SE India
  • towel off — to dry oneself, as after bathing
  • towelette — a small paper towel, usually premoistened in a sealed package.
  • towelhead — an offensive term for someone who wears a turban
  • towelling — a narrow fabric of cotton or linen, in plain, twill, or huck weave, used for hand towels or dishtowels.
  • towerless — not having a tower
  • towerlike — like a tower
  • town hall — a hall or building belonging to a town, used for the transaction of the town's business and often also as a place of public assembly.
  • town life — the life or lifestyle characteristic of a town or urban area, esp as contrasted with rural or country life
  • town milk — milk treated by pasteurization for direct consumption, as opposed to dairy factory milk for the production of butter, cheese, etc
  • town plan — a comprehensive document which sets out a vision of the physical and social development of a town, including the construction of facilities
  • town talk — the usual talk, gossip, or rumors, as in a village or town.
  • townsfolk — citizens, local people
  • tulipwood — the wood of the tulip tree.
  • two-color — having or using two colors.
  • two-cycle — noting or pertaining to an internal-combustion engine in which two strokes are required to complete a cycle (two-stroke cycle) one to admit and compress air or an air-fuel mixture and one to ignite fuel, do work, and scavenge the cylinder.
  • twolegged — having two legs.
  • ultraslow — extremely slow
  • unallowed — Physics. involving a change in quantum numbers, permitted by the selection rules: allowed transition.
  • underflow — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
  • underwool — underfur.
  • unswollen — not swollen
  • unwelcome — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
  • unwomanly — not possessing qualities, such as warmth, attractiveness, etc, generally regarded as typical of a woman, esp a mature woman
  • unworldly — not worldly; not seeking material advantage; spiritually minded.
  • wagon-lit — (in continental European usage) a railroad sleeping car.
  • wagonload — the load carried by a wagon.
  • walk into — If you walk into an unpleasant situation, you become involved in it without expecting to, especially because you have been careless.
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