9-letter words containing a, n, s, w
- snow crab — an edible spider crab of the North Pacific, Chionoecetes opilio, commercially important as a frozen seafood product.
- snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
- snow-clad — covered with snow.
- snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
- snowboard — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- sound law — phonetic law.
- spin wave — a magnetic wave propagated through a crystal lattice by a collective excitation of the spin angular momentum of electrons.
- spoonways — like spoons, esp by fitting together in the way that spoons do
- sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- squaw man — a contemptuous term used to refer to a white or other non-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman.
- squawking — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- standaway — (of a garment) designed or constructed to stand upright or extend outward from the body: a standaway collar.
- standdown — the action of ending military activities or active duty temporarily, or a period or condition of being temporarily relieved from active duty
- stanisław — Saint. 1030–79, the patron saint of Poland. As Bishop of Cracow (1072–79) he excommunicated King Bolesław II, who arranged his murder. Feast day: May 11
- sternward — toward the stern; astern.
- stone saw — an untoothed iron saw used to cut stone
- stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
- stoneware — a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.
- stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- stornoway — a city in NW Scotland, in the Hebrides.
- straw man — a mass of straw formed to resemble a man, as for a doll or scarecrow.
- subwarden — an assistant to a warden, a deputy or subordinate warden
- suka wena — an expression of dismissal or rejection; go away
- swampland — land or an area covered with swamps.
- swan dive — into water
- swan lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
- swan neck — a shallow S-curve used in decorative work.
- swan song — the last act or manifestation of someone or something; farewell appearance: This building turned out to be the swan song of Victorian architecture.
- swan-dive — to perform a swan dive.
- swansdown — the down or under plumage of a swan, used for trimming, powder puffs, etc.
- swaziland — a kingdom in SE Africa between S Mozambique and the E Republic of South Africa: formerly a British protectorate. 6704 sq. mi. (17,363 sq. km). Capital: Mbabane.
- sweatband — a band lining the inside of a hat or cap to protect it against sweat from the head.
- swingback — (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology: We must fight any swingback to isolationism.
- swingbeat — a type of modern dance music that combines soul, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop
- swingboat — a piece of fairground equipment consisting of a boat-shaped carriage for swinging in
- swingtail — denoting an aircraft with a rear portion that can be opened to assist in loading cargo
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- swordsman — a person who uses or is skilled in the use of a sword.
- taiwanese — of or relating to Taiwan or its people.
- tenon saw — a small fine-toothed saw with a strong back, used esp for cutting tenons
- the swanz — the women's international soccer team of New Zealand
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- unawesome — not awesome
- unswaying — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- unwasting — not wasting; not diminishing or decaying
- wackiness — odd or irrational; crazy: They had some wacky plan for selling more books.