9-letter words containing a, w, l, s
- mealworms — Plural form of mealworm.
- mews flat — a flat or apartment situated in a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings
- mold wash — a coating applied in liquid form to walls of a mold cavity.
- moonwalks — Plural form of moonwalk.
- muley saw — a saw having a long, stiff blade that is not stretched in a gate, but whose motion is directed by clamps at each end mounted on guide rails.
- newcastle — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
- newsflash — flash (def 6).
- ohm's law — the law that for any circuit the electric current is directly proportional to the voltage and is inversely proportional to the resistance.
- old squaw — a sea duck, Clangula hyemalis, of arctic and subarctic regions.
- old sweat — an old soldier; veteran
- oldsquaws — Plural form of oldsquaw.
- panel saw — a small ripsaw or crosscut saw.
- plain-saw — to reduce (a squared log) to boards with evenly spaced parallel cuts; bastard-saw.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- poor laws — laws that provide for public relief and assistance for the poor
- rawlinson — George, 1812–1902, English historian.
- reswallow — to swallow again
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- saddlebow — the arched front part of a saddle or saddletree.
- safflower — a thistlelike composite plant, Carthamus tinctorius, native to the Old World, having finely toothed leaves and large, orange-red flower heads.
- salic law — a code of laws of the Salian Franks and other Germanic tribes, especially a provision in this code excluding females from the inheritance of land.
- salt away — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- salt well — a well from which brine is obtained.
- saltwater — of or relating to salt water.
- saltworks — (often used with a plural verb) a building or plant where salt is made.
- say's law — the principle, propounded by Jean Baptiste Say, that the supply of goods is always matched by the demand for them.
- scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- scalework — an ornamentation technique used to depict scales on fish or other creatures
- scallawag — scalawag.
- scallywag — scalawag.
- scots law — the body of law in force in Scotland
- scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- screwable — able to be screwed
- screwball — Slang. an eccentric or whimsically eccentric person; a nut.
- seawardly — in a seaward direction
- sei whale — a rorqual, Balaenoptera borealis, inhabiting all seas: now greatly reduced in number.
- self-want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- selfwards — in the direction of oneself
- shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
- shallower — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shallowly — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shawlless — lacking, or not wearing, a shawl
- sheepwalk — a tract of land on which sheep are pastured.
- shelfware — Computers. software or hardware that remains unsold, unused, or underused: shelfware as part of a bundled license deal.
- shoalwise — in shoals or large groups
- shortwall — pertaining to a means of extracting coal when the working face is about a third the length of the longwall system and mining is done by a continuous cutter rather than by longwall machinery.
- show flat — a newly-build flat that is decorated and furnished for prospective buyers to view
- showmanly — characteristic of a showman
- showplace — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- sidewalks — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.