9-letter words containing a, w
- rewardful — offering reward; rewarding
- rewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- right-way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- rightward — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- riverwalk — a paved walkway along the side of a river
- riverward — Also, riverwards. toward a river.
- road show — touring performance or display
- road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
- road-show — of or relating to road shows.
- roadworks — work, as construction or repairs, done on a road.
- rock wall — rock fence.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- roman law — the system of jurisprudence elaborated by the ancient Romans, a strong and varied influence on the legal systems of many countries.
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- rosewater — perfume, flavouring from rose petals
- rust away — When a metal object rusts away, it is gradually weakened and destroyed by rust.
- saber saw — a portable electric jigsaw.
- sabre saw — a portable electric saw with a narrow, oscillating blade
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- sacagawea — ("Bird Woman") 1787?–1812? Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.
- sacajawea — ("Bird Woman") 1787?–1812? Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.
- 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.
- sag wagon — a support vehicle accompanying a bicycle touring group that carries spare parts, luggage, etc., and sometimes also transports bicycles and cyclists.
- sakajawea — ("Bird Woman") 1787?–1812? Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.
- sakakawea — Lake, a reservoir in W central North Dakota, on the Missouri River, formed by the Garrison Dam (completed 1956). 178 miles (286 km) long.
- 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.
- sand wasp — any of certain sphecid wasps of the subfamily Bembicinae that nest in the ground and are common along the seashore.
- sapanwood — a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
- sassywood — (in Liberia) a trial by ordeal, such as being forced to drink poison
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- saw grass — any of various sedges of the genus Cladium, of tropical and temperate regions, having spiny, serrated leaves.
- sawed-off — sawed off at the end, as a shotgun or broomstick.
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- 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.
- scarecrow — an object, usually a figure of a person in old clothes, set up to frighten crows or other birds away from crops.
- scareware — Computers. software that is sold as computer security or as an antivirus or other utility program but is either useless or is itself malware: I was a victim of scareware—I got a warning that my computer was about to fail, so I panicked and purchased the advertised software, which wiped my hard drive instead of fixing it!
- scarfwise — in the manner of a scarf
- 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.
- screw cap — a cap designed to screw onto the threaded mouth of a bottle, jar, or the like.
- screwable — able to be screwed