7-letter words containing i, a, w
- slipway — (in a shipyard) the area sloping toward the water, on which the ways are located.
- swabian — a region and medieval duchy in SW Germany: it constituted the area presently included in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, in S Germany.
- swaging — a tool for bending cold metal to a required shape.
- swahili — a member of a Bantu people of Zanzibar and the neighboring coast of Africa.
- swamies — an honorific title given to a Hindu religious teacher.
- taichow — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- taniwha — a legendary Māori monster
- tawhiri — a small New Zealand tree, Pittosporum tenuifolium, with wavy green glossy leaves
- tawnier — of a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color.
- taxiway — any surface area of an airport used for taxiing airplanes to and from a runway, parking apron, terminal, etc.
- taxwise — regarding tax
- thawing — the act or state of thawing or melting
- thwaite — a piece of land cleared from forest or reclaimed from wasteland
- tideway — a channel in which a tidal current runs.
- tinware — articles made of tin plate.
- trishaw — pedicab.
- wackier — Comparative form of wacky.
- wackily — In a way or to an extent that is wacky.
- waddied — Simple past tense and past participle of waddy.
- waddies — Plural form of waddy.
- wadding — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- wade in — to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn't swimming, he was wading.
- wafting — to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water: The gentle breeze wafted the sound of music to our ears.
- wagashi — Traditional Japanese confectionery in various forms, often served with tea.
- wagging — to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail.
- waggish — like a wag; roguish in merriment and good humor; jocular: Fielding and Sterne are waggish writers.
- wagtail — any of numerous small, chiefly Old World birds of the family Motacillidae, having a slender body with a long, narrow tail that is habitually wagged up and down.
- wahhabi — a follower of ʿAbd al-Wahhab (1703–1792), who stringently opposed all practices not sanctioned by the Koran. The Wahhabis, founded in the 18th century, are the most conservative Muslim group and are today found mainly in Saudi Arabia.
- wahiawa — a city on central Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- wahines — Plural form of wahine.
- waiatas — Plural form of waiata.
- waichow — Older Spelling. Huizhou.
- waifish — Waiflike.
- waikato — a river in central North Island, New Zealand, flowing NW to the Tasman Sea: longest river in New Zealand. 264 miles (425 km) long.
- waikiki — a beach and resort area on SE Oahu, in central Hawaii; part of Honolulu.
- wailful — mournful; plaintive.
- wailing — to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- wailuku — a town on NW Maui, in central Hawaii.
- wainage — produce derived from agriculture
- waining — Present participle of wain.
- waipahu — a city in Hawaii, on S Oahu.
- wairing — Present participle of wair.
- waisted — having a waist of a specified kind (usually used in combination): long-waisted; high-waisted.
- waister — (nautical) A seaman stationed in the waist of a warship.
- wait in — If you wait in, you deliberately stay at home and do not go out, for example because someone is coming to see you.
- wait on — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- wait up — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- waiters — Plural form of waiter.
- waiteth — Archaic third-person singular form of wait.
- waiting — an act or instance of waiting or awaiting; delay; halt: a wait at the border.