9-Letter Words Containing: S,H,O,W,D

• intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system

• initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state

• a very thorough search of a person or a place

• extortion of money (as by blackmail)

• influence by slyness

• conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

• a work produced by hand labor

• Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.

• closely twisted hard cord used for the lashes of whips

• a strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib

• flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks

• large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night

• a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one

• a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle

• a hostile disagreement face-to-face

• a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste

• a dog trained to guard property