9-letter words containing k, w, a
- shockwave — (tool) A program from Macromedia for viewing files created with Macromedia Director. Shockwave is freely available as a plug-in for the Netscape Navigator web browser. "Shocked" pages that incorporate documents created in Director can usually only be enjoyed by users with an ISDN or faster connection.
- sidewalks — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.
- skew arch — an arch, as at the entrance to a tunnel, having sides, or jambs, that are not at right angles with the face.
- sleepwalk — to engage in sleepwalking.
- smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
- snakeweed — bistort (def 1).
- snakewise — in a snake-like manner
- snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
- snow bank — a long raised mass of fallen snow
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
- sock away — to strike or hit hard.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- spacewalk — a task or mission performed by an astronaut outside a spacecraft in space.
- spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
- speedwalk — an endless conveyor belt, moving walk, or the like used to transport standing persons from place to place.
- squawking — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- stairwork — unseen plotting
- strapwork — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
- suka wena — an expression of dismissal or rejection; go away
- swan lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
- swan neck — a shallow S-curve used in decorative work.
- swashwork — a type of work done on a lathe, which is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation of the work
- sway-back — an excessive downward curvature of the spinal column in the dorsal region, especially of horses.
- sweepback — the shape of, or the angle formed by, an airplane wing or other airfoil the leading or trailing edge of which slopes backward from the fuselage.
- sweptback — (of the leading edge of an airfoil) forming a markedly obtuse angle with the fuselage.
- swim mask — mask (def 3).
- swingback — (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology: We must fight any swingback to isolationism.
- tack claw — a small hand tool having a handle with a claw at one end for removing tacks.
- tack-weld — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- taekwondo — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- take away — something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
- take down — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- take vows — to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
- take wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- take-away — something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
- talk away — to pass (a period of time) by talking
- talk down — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talk show — a radio or television show in which a host interviews or chats with guests, especially celebrity guests.
- tank town — a town where trains stop to take on a supply of water.
- task-work — work assigned or imposed as a task.
- te kanawa — Dame Kiri [keer-ee] /ˈkɪər i/ (Show IPA), born 1944, New Zealand operatic soprano and concert singer.
- throwback — an act of throwing back.
- tick away — time: pass
- top whack — the maximum price
- town talk — the usual talk, gossip, or rumors, as in a village or town.
- tuck away — to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- two-track — an oblique movement of a horse in which the forehand and hindquarters move on two distinct parallel tracks and the body is maintained uniformly in the direction of the movement.
- unwakened — not roused from sleep; not wakened or woken up
- unwarlike — not relating to war