9-letter words containing a, w, h
- heartwood — the hard central wood of the trunk of an exogenous tree; duramen.
- heartworm — a parasitic nematode, Dirofilaria immitis, transmitted by mosquito and invading the heart and pulmonary arteries of dogs, wolves, and foxes throughout its range in tropical, subtropical and, more recently, temperate regions around the world.
- heat wave — an air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly.
- heatwaves — Plural form of heatwave.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- hellwards — towards hell
- hemingway — Ernest (Miller) 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- heronshaw — a heron
- hideaways — Plural form of hideaway.
- hogwaller — Alternative spelling of hog waller.
- hold sway — have influence
- holloware — silver dishes, as serving dishes, having some depth (distinguished from flatware).
- 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.
- homewards — Of or pertaining to leading toward home.
- homewares — (chiefly, British) Furnishings for the home, such as furniture and cushions.
- hornwrack — a yellowish bryozoan or sea mat sometimes found on beaches after a storm
- hot water — trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.
- houseware — Homeware.
- how about — introducing a suggestion
- hwang hai — Older Spelling. Yellow Sea.
- hyperware — (hypertext) Software that implements or uses hypertext.
- hywel dda — known as Hywel the Good. died 950 ad, Welsh prince. He united S and N Wales and codified Welsh law
- inwreathe — enwreathe.
- j. wanhal — Johann Baptist, Vanhal, Jan Křtitel.
- jayhawker — a native or inhabitant of Kansas (used as a nickname).
- kahoolawe — an island in central Hawaii, S of Maui: uninhabited. 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km).
- kathiawar — a peninsula on the W coast of India.
- kawaguchi — a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, N of Tokyo.
- khwarizmi — Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- kickshaws — Plural form of kickshaw.
- kiswahili — Swahili (def 2).
- kittyhawk — a village in NE North Carolina: Wright brothers' airplane flight 1903.
- kwangchow — Older Spelling. Canton.
- land with — to give to, so as to put in difficulties; cause to be burdened with
- leash law — a local ordinance requiring that dogs be leashed when not on their owners' property.
- lightwave — A wave of light.
- lowlihead — lowly state; lowliness.
- lynch law — the administration of summary punishment, especially death, upon a suspected, accused, or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority.
- mag wheel — a wheel containing magnesium or aluminum generally alloyed with steel, which makes it lighter in weight and shinier than an ordinary steel wheel: used especially on racing cars and sports cars.
- make with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
- marshwort — A small, white-flowered plant, of the genus Apium, that grows in marshy habitats.
- matchwood — wood suitable for match.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- matholwch — a legendary king of Ireland and the husband of Branwen.
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- mawkishly — In a mawkish manner.
- meanwhile — meantime.
- mishawaka — a city in N Indiana, near South Bend.
- mold wash — a coating applied in liquid form to walls of a mold cavity.