9-letter words containing n, w
- blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
- blindworm — a legless lizard (Anguis fragilis) of the Old World; slowworm: it has very small eyes and a snakelike body that is usually brownish
- blow down — to open a valve in a steam boiler to eject any sediment that has collected
- blow into — to arrive in or enter (a room, etc) suddenly
- blowiness — the quality or extent of being blowy
- boatswain — a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- bolt down — fasten, secure sth
- bondwoman — a female serf or slave
- boom town — A boom town is a town which has rapidly become very rich and full of people, usually because industry or business has developed there.
- borrowing — Borrowing is the activity of borrowing money.
- bow front — swell front.
- bow-front — having a front with a convex curve
- bowhunter — a person who hunts with a bow
- bowstring — the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp
- brainwash — If you brainwash someone, you force them to believe something by continually telling them that it is true, and preventing them from thinking about it properly.
- brainwave — If you have a brainwave, you suddenly have a clever idea.
- brainwork — intellectual effort
- brainworm — a microscopic, parasitic roundworm that infests the brain of large hoofed animals, as deer.
- brand new — entirely new.
- brand-new — A brand-new object is completely new.
- breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- brentwood — a residential town in SE England, in SW Essex near London. Pop: 47 593 (2001)
- bringdown — a disappointment
- brown ale — a rich ale made with brown or dark malt
- brown bag — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
- brown cow — a drink made by mixing cola and milk
- brown fat — tissue composed of a type of fat cell that dissipates as heat most of the energy released when food is oxidized; brown adipose tissue. It is present in hibernating animals and human babies and is thought to be important in adult weight control
- brown out — a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
- brown owl — nocturnal bird of prey
- brown rat — a common brownish rat, Rattus norvegicus: a serious pest in all parts of the world
- brown rot — a disease of apples, peaches, etc, caused by fungi of the genus Sclerotinia and characterized by yellowish-brown masses of spores on the plant surface
- brown-bag — If you brown-bag your lunch or you brown-bag it, you bring your lunch in a bag to work or school.
- brownwood — a city in central Texas.
- brunswick — a former duchy (1635–1918) and state (1918–46) of central Germany, now part of the state of Lower Saxony; formerly (1949–90) part of West Germany
- builddown — a planned numerical reduction, esp of nuclear weapons where, for every new weapon built, two or more older weapons are destroyed
- burn down — If a building burns down or if someone burns it down, it is completely destroyed by fire.
- burrawang — any of several Australian cycads of the genus Macrozamia, having an edible nut
- burrowing — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
- bush wren — a wren, Xenicus longipes, occurring in New Zealand: family Xenicidae
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- byrewoman — a woman who works in a byre
- bytownite — a rare plagioclase found in alkaline igneous rocks
- call down — to request or invoke
- call-down — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- calm down — If you calm down, or if someone calms you down, you become less angry, upset, or excited.
- can't win — If you say that someone can't win in a particular situation, you mean that they are certain to fail or to suffer whatever they do.
- candlewax — The wax of a candle.
- canon law — Canon law is the law of the Christian church. It has authority only for that church and its members.