8-letter words containing a, w, s
- outwaste — to squander or use up wastefully
- overawes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overawe.
- oversway — to overrule
- overwash — the act of washing over something
- pairwise — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- palewise — by perpendicular lines
- pass law — (formerly, in South Africa) a law restricting the movement of Black Africans, esp from rural to urban areas
- passw0rd — (security) A common default password, often given out by system administrtors to new users, the hope being that they will change it immediately.
- password — a secret word or expression used by authorized persons to prove their right to access, information, etc.
- pawnshop — the shop of a pawnbroker, especially one where unredeemed items are displayed and sold.
- peshawar — a province in Pakistan, bordering Punjab and Kashmir on the west: a former province of British India. 28,773 sq. mi. (77,516 sq. km). Capital: Peshawar.
- pit-sawn — (of timber, esp formerly) sawn into planks by hand in a saw-pit
- post-war — following a major conflict
- qawwalis — Plural form of qawwali.
- raceways — Plural form of raceway.
- rack saw — a wide-toothed saw
- radwaste — radioactive waste.
- 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.
- raw silk — reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed.
- rawlings — Marjorie Kinnan [ki-nan] /kɪˈnæn/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, U.S. novelist and journalist.
- rawmaish — foolish or exaggerated talk; nonsense
- rickshaw — jinrikisha.
- rift saw — a saw used for cutting wood radially from a log.
- roadshow — travelling entertainment
- rosewall — Ken(neth R.) born 1934, Australian tennis player.
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- s.w.a.t. — a special section of some law enforcement agencies trained and equipped to deal with especially dangerous or violent situations, as when hostages are being held (often used attributively): a SWAT team.
- saltwork — place where salt is refined
- saltwort — any of various plants of sea beaches, salt marshes, and alkaline regions, especially belonging to the genus Salsola, of the amaranth family, as S. kali, a bushy plant having prickly leaves, or belonging to the genus Salicornia.
- 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.
- sash saw — a small tenon saw used for cutting sashes
- sasswood — a tropical African tree, Erythrophleum suavolens, of the legume family, having a poisonous bark and hard, durable wood.
- saw edge — the serrated edge of a saw
- saw wood — a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- saw-wort — a perennial Old World plant, Serratula tinctoria, having serrated leaves that yield a yellow dye: family Asteraceae (composites)
- sawblade — the blade of a saw
- sawbones — a surgeon or physician.
- sawdusty — filled with or suggesting sawdust.
- sawgrass — any of various sedges of the genus Cladium, of tropical and temperate regions, having spiny, serrated leaves.
- sawhorse — a movable frame or trestle for supporting wood being sawed.
- sawn-off — (of a shotgun) having the barrel cut short, mainly to facilitate concealment of the weapon
- sawshark — a shark with a long, flat, saw-like snout from the family Pristiophoridae and found in waters from South Africa to Australia and Japan
- sawtooth — one of the cutting teeth of a saw.
- say what — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- say when — to state when an action is to be stopped or begun, as when someone is pouring a drink
- sb awe32 — (multimedia, music, hardware) A standard SB16 MultiCD sound card with the EMU8000 "Advanced WavEffect" music synthesizer integrated circuit. The card includes all the standard SB16 features as well as the Advanced Signal Processor and multiple interfaces supporting Creative, Mitsumi and Sony CD-ROM drives. The EMU8000 comes integrated with 1MB of General MIDI samples and 512kB of DRAM for additional sample downloading. It can address up to 28 MB of external DRAM. The SB AWE32 supports General MIDI, Roland GS, and Sound Canvas MT-32 emulation.