7-letter words containing a, w, o
- ostwald — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1853–1932, German chemist: Nobel prize 1909.
- ottumwa — a city in SE Iowa, on the Des Moines River.
- outbawl — to bawl more than or louder than
- outdraw — to draw a gun, revolver, etc., from a holster, faster than (an opponent or competitor): She could outdraw any member of the club.
- outfawn — (rare) To exceed in fawning.
- outgnaw — to exceed in gnawing
- outlaws — Plural form of outlaw.
- outwait — to surpass in waiting or expecting; wait longer than.
- outwalk — to outdo in walking; walk faster or farther than.
- outward — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
- outwash — the material, chiefly sand or gravel, deposited by meltwater streams in front of a glacier.
- outwear — to wear or last longer than; outlast: a well-made product that outwears its competition.
- overawe — to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate: He often uses that imperious scowl to overawe his subordinates.
- oversaw — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- own man — If you say that a man is his own man, you approve of the fact that he makes his decisions and his plans himself, and does not depend on other people.
- ownable — able to be owned
- paltrow — Gwyneth (Kate). born 1972, US film actress; her films include Emma (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), Shakespeare in Love (1998), and Sylvia (2003)
- peafowl — any of several gallinaceous birds of the genera Pavo, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, and the East Indies, and Afropavo, of Africa.
- plowman — a man who plows.
- postwar — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period following a war: postwar problems; postwar removal of rationing.
- ragwork — masonry of thin, undressed rubble.
- ragworm — any polychaete worm of the genus Nereis, living chiefly in burrows in sand or mud and having a flattened body with a row of fleshy parapodia along each side
- ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
- rainbow — a bow or arc of prismatic colors appearing in the heavens opposite the sun and caused by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of rain. Compare primary rainbow, secondary rainbow.
- raytown — a city in W Missouri, near Kansas City.
- reawoke — waking; not sleeping.
- roadway — the land over which a road is built; a road together with the land at its edge.
- rollway — a place on which things are rolled or moved on rollers.
- ropeway — tramway (def 4).
- rowable — able to be rowed
- rowboat — a small boat designed for rowing.
- rowland — a masculine name
- salchow — a jump in which the skater leaps from the back inside edge of one skate, making one full rotation of the body in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate.
- sallowy — full of sallows: a sallowy glade.
- sapwood — the softer part of the wood between the inner bark and the heartwood.
- saw log — a log large enough to saw into boards.
- saw off — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- saw-off — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- sea cow — any sirenian, as the manatee or dugong.
- seafowl — seabird.
- seaworm — a marine worm
- shadowy — resembling a shadow in faintness, slightness, etc.: shadowy outlines.
- shallow — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- showman — a person who presents or produces a show, especially of a theatrical nature.
- snowcap — a layer of snow forming a cap on or covering the top of something, as a mountain peak or ridge.
- snowcat — snowmobile.
- snowman — a figure of a person made of packed snow.
- so what — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- someway — in some way; somehow.
- sparrow — any of numerous American finches of the family Emberizinae. Compare chipping sparrow, song sparrow.