8-letter words containing a, w, n, s
- newscast — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- newshawk — a newspaper reporter, especially one who is energetic and aggressive.
- newslady — A newswoman.
- newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
- no sweat — Informal. (of clothes) made to be worn for exercise, sports, or other physical activity. made of the absorbent fabric used for such clothes: sweat dresses. of, for, or associated with such clothes: the sweat look in sportswear.
- no-sweat — requiring little effort; easy: a no-sweat job.
- nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
- pawnshop — the shop of a pawnbroker, especially one where unredeemed items are displayed and sold.
- pit-sawn — (of timber, esp formerly) sawn into planks by hand in a saw-pit
- rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
- rainwash — material eroded or swept away by rain.
- rawlings — Marjorie Kinnan [ki-nan] /kɪˈnæn/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, U.S. novelist and journalist.
- sandwell — a unitary authority in central England, in West Midlands. Pop: 285 000 (2003 est). Area: 86 sq km (33 sq miles)
- sandwich — a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
- sandworm — any of several marine worms that live in sand.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- sawbones — a surgeon or physician.
- sawn-off — (of a shotgun) having the barrel cut short, mainly to facilitate concealment of the weapon
- say when — to state when an action is to be stopped or begun, as when someone is pouring a drink
- schwaben — German name of Swabia.
- seawoman — a woman sailor or a woman who works on a ship or in the navy
- shawnees — a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe formerly in the east-central U.S., now in Oklahoma.
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- snow day — a day on which public schools or other institutions are closed due to heavy snow.
- snow pea — a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon, having thin, flat, edible pods that are used in cookery.
- snowball — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- snowbank — a mound of snow, as a snowdrift or snow shoveled from a road or sidewalk.
- snowfall — a fall of snow.
- snowland — an area that is covered by snow
- snowpack — the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.
- spa town — a town where water comes out of the ground and people come to drink it or lie in it because they think it will improve their health
- span-new — brand-new.
- spanghew — to throw into the air
- spanworm — measuringworm.
- spawning — Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- squawman — a White or other non-American-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- strawman — a mass of straw formed to resemble a man, as for a doll or scarecrow.
- strawson — Sir Peter (Frederick). 1919–2006, British philosopher. His early work deals with the relationship between language and logic, his later work with metaphysics. His books include The Bounds of Sense (1966) and Freedom and Resentment (1974)
- sunwards — Also, sunwards. toward the sun.
- suwannee — a river in SE Georgia and N Florida, flowing SW to the Gulf of Mexico. 240 miles (386 km) long.
- swagging — Slang. plunder; booty. money; valuables. free merchandise distributed as part of the promotion of a product, company, etc. self-confidence and personal style as shown by one's appearance and demeanor: the top ten athletes with the most swag. schwag (def 1).
- swaining — courtship
- swamphen — any of several large Old World gallinules varying from purple to white, all possibly belonging to the single species Porphyrio porphyrio.
- swamping — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- swanherd — a person who tends swans.
- swanndri — an all-weather heavy woollen shirt
- swannery — a place where swans are raised.