9-letter words containing w, s, o
- goosewing — the weather clew of a square sail, held taut when the lee side of the sail is furled.
- gowdspink — the goldfinch
- gromwells — Plural form of gromwell.
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- growthist — an advocate of the importance of economic growth
- guesswork — work or procedure based on or consisting of the making of guesses or conjectures.
- gypsywort — a plant, Lycopus europaeus, that is indigenous to Europe and Asia and has white flowers
- hairworms — Plural form of hairworm.
- halesowen — a town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 273 (2001)
- hallowmas — the feast of Allhallows or All Saints' Day, on November 1.
- hansetown — Hansa (def 3).
- hardwoods — Plural form of hardwood.
- hashbrown — Alternative spelling of hash brown.
- hawksmoor — Nicholas, 1661–1736, English architect.
- hawsehole — a hole in the stem or bow of a vessel for an anchor cable.
- hawthorns — Plural form of hawthorn.
- headwords — Plural form of headword.
- hedgerows — Plural form of hedgerow.
- heronshaw — a heron
- highbrows — Plural form of highbrow.
- hold sway — have influence
- hollowest — Superlative form of hollow.
- holy wars — [Usenet, but may predate it] flame wars over religious issues. The paper by Danny Cohen that popularised the terms big-endian and little-endian was entitled "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace". Other perennial Holy Wars have included Emacs vs. vi, my personal computer vs. everyone else's personal computer, ITS vs. Unix, Unix vs. VMS, BSD Unix vs. USG Unix, C vs. Pascal, C vs. Fortran, etc., ad nauseam. The characteristic that distinguishes holy wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy wars most of the participants spend their time trying to pass off personal value choices and cultural attachments as objective technical evaluations. See also theology.
- home news — news of events in the home country, as opposed to foreign news
- hometowns — Plural form of hometown.
- homewards — Of or pertaining to leading toward home.
- homewares — (chiefly, British) Furnishings for the home, such as furniture and cushions.
- honeworts — Plural form of honewort.
- honeydews — Plural form of honeydew.
- hoodwinks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoodwink.
- hookworms — Plural form of hookworm.
- hoosegows — Plural form of hoosegow.
- hornworms — Plural form of hornworm.
- hornworts — Plural form of hornwort.
- horseweed — a North American composite weed, Erigeron canadensis, having narrow, hairy leaves and clusters of very small greenish-white flowers.
- horsewhip — a whip for controlling horses.
- horsewood — A West Indian tree, Calliandra latifolia, with showy crimson blossoms.
- hose down — spray sth clean
- houseware — Homeware.
- housewife — Sometimes Offensive. a married woman who manages her own household, especially as her principal occupation.
- housewive — (transitive) To manage with skill and economy.
- housework — the work of cleaning, cooking, etc., to be done in housekeeping.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- howsoever — to whatsoever extent or degree.
- in escrow — a contract, deed, bond, or other written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition.
- inchworms — Plural form of inchworm.
- ingrowths — Plural form of ingrowth.
- ironwoods — Plural form of ironwood.
- ironworks — an establishment where iron is smelted or where it is cast or wrought.
- isherwood — Christopher (William Bradshaw) [brad-shaw] /ˈbræd ʃɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, English poet, novelist, and playwright; in the U.S. since 1938.