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9-letter words containing ood

  • kingswood — a city in South Gloucestershire, SW England.
  • kollywood — the Tamil-language film industry, based at Kodambakkam in S India
  • lancewood — the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc.
  • late wood — summerwood.
  • lemonwood — a tropical American tree, Calycophyllum candidissimum, of the madder family, having flowers with conspicuous white calyx lobes.
  • lens hood — an extension piece fixed to a camera lens to shield it from a direct light source
  • lifeblood — the blood, considered as essential to maintain life: to spill one's lifeblood in war.
  • lightwood — Also called fatwood. kindling.
  • lion food — (humour)   (IBM) Middle management or HQ staff, or, by extension, administrative drones in general. The term derives from an old joke: Two lions escape from the zoo and split up to increase their chances. When they finally meet after two months, one is skinny and the other overweight. The thin one says, "How did you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out a small army to chase me with guns and nets, it was terrible. Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass." The fat one replies: "Well, *I* hid near an IBM office and ate a manager every day. Nobody even noticed!"
  • lollywood — the Pakistani film industry, based in Lahore
  • lustihood — lustiness; vigor.
  • make good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
  • maplewood — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
  • matchwood — wood suitable for match.
  • monkshood — a plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, especially A. napellus, the flowers of which have a large, hood-shaped sepal.
  • mood ring — finger jewellery that changes colour
  • moodiness — given to gloomy, depressed, or sullen moods; ill-humored.
  • moosewood — striped maple.
  • 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.
  • noodledom — foolishness; idiocy
  • olivewood — the wood of the olive tree
  • overflood — to flood excessively
  • overstood — simple past tense and past participle of overstand.
  • prickwood — the dense wood of the spindle tree, used for making skewers
  • puckerood — ruined; exhausted
  • pureblood — an individual, especially an animal, whose ancestry consists of a single strain or type unmixed with any other.
  • queenhood — the state, dignity, or rank of a queen.
  • rain hood — a waterproof hood attached to a coat, that may be raised to cover the head when it is raining
  • ridgewood — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • rood arch — an archway at the center of a rood screen.
  • rood beam — a beam above the entrance to the choir or chancel of a church, supporting the rood.
  • rood loft — a gallery above a rood screen, approached from stairs, used for chantings and readings.
  • roundwood — small pieces of timber (about 5–15 cm, or 2–6 in.) in diameter; small logs
  • sainthood — the character or status of a saint.
  • sapanwood — a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
  • sassywood — (in Liberia) a trial by ordeal, such as being forced to drink poison
  • satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
  • scouthood — (sometimes initial capital letter) the state of being a scout, especially a Boy Scout or a Girl Scout.
  • shorewood — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
  • skin food — a cosmetic cream for keeping the skin in good condition
  • slow food — food that has been prepared with care, using high-quality local and seasonal ingredients
  • smokehood — a protective hood worn to keep out smoke in the event of a fire
  • snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
  • softgoods — clothing and soft furniture
  • soul food — traditional black American cookery, which originated in the rural South, consisting of such foods as chitterlings, pig knuckles, turnip greens, and cornbread.
  • spicewood — spicebush (def 1).
  • statehood — the status or condition of being a state, especially a state of the U.S.
  • stinkwood — any of several trees yielding fetid wood.
  • stockwood — (Arthur) Mervyn. 1913–95, British Anglican prelate; bishop of Southwark (1959–80)
  • superfood — a food considered exceptionally good for one’s health and for boosting the immune system owing to its naturally high content of vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, or omega-3 fatty acids: If you crave superfoods, try the quinoa, kale, and roasted beet salad sprinkled with toasted walnuts and flaxseed.
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