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9-letter words containing n, w, o, r, d

  • greenwood — a city in W South Carolina.
  • grewhound — a greyhound
  • gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • handiwork — work done by hand.
  • handwrote — to write (something) by hand.
  • handywork — Dated form of handiwork.
  • howlround — the condition, resulting in a howling noise, when sound from a loudspeaker is fed back into the microphone of a public-address or recording system
  • in a word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • ironwoods — Plural form of ironwood.
  • landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • loan word — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
  • loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
  • longsword — A sword of a kind used in mediaeval Europe for hewing, thrusting and slicing. It is well suited to two-handed use in combat, but some can also be used in one hand.
  • longwords — Plural form of longword.
  • lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
  • lowriding — the practice of traveling in a lowrider.
  • mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • mark-down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
  • moonwards — towards the moon
  • nanoworld — The sphere of influence of nanotechnology.
  • networked — any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
  • new order — a new or revised system of operation, form of government, plan of attack, or the like.
  • new world — Western Hemisphere (def 1).
  • newground — a tract of land recently cleared for cultivation.
  • newsboard — bulletin board.
  • no wonder — it is not surprising
  • northward — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
  • oceanward — Toward the ocean.
  • over-wind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
  • overdrawn — Past participle of overdraw.
  • overdrown — (obsolete, transitive) To wet or drench to excess.
  • overwound — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
  • 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.
  • portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
  • powdering — a thin sprinkling of something on a surface
  • powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
  • pre-owned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
  • rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
  • ramp down — decrease effort, work
  • raw-boned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
  • ride down — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
  • road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
  • rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
  • rosinweed — any coarse, North American, composite plant of the genus Silphium, having a resinous juice and stalkless, paired leaves.
  • roundwood — small pieces of timber (about 5–15 cm, or 2–6 in.) in diameter; small logs
  • roundworm — any nematode, especially Ascaris lumbricoides, that infests the intestine of humans and other mammals.
  • rowdiness — a rough, disorderly person.
  • 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.
  • scrumdown — the forming of a scrum in rugby
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