8-letter words containing o, s, t, w
- strawson — Sir Peter (Frederick). 1919–2006, British philosopher. His early work deals with the relationship between language and logic, his later work with metaphysics. His books include The Bounds of Sense (1966) and Freedom and Resentment (1974)
- studwork — the act or process of building with studding.
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- sweatbox — a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
- sweet on — fond of or infatuated with
- sweetsop — a sweet, pulpy fruit having a thin, tuberculate rind, borne by a tropical American tree or shrub, Annona squamosa, of the annona family.
- swotting — to study or work hard.
- taskwork — work assigned or imposed as a task.
- thowless — lacking vigour or spirit
- tinworks — an establishment for the mining or processing of tin or for the making of tinware.
- town gas — coal gas manufactured for domestic and industrial use
- townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
- township — a unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces.
- townskip — a mischievous and roguish child who frequents city streets
- townsman — a native or inhabitant of a town.
- tryworks — the furnace and other apparatus, as on whaling ships in the past, used for rendering blubber into oil
- twigsome — covered with twigs
- two bits — twenty-five cents.
- two-shot — a camera shot, as a close-up, of two persons.
- two-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die that bears two pips, or a domino one half of which bears two pips.
- two-star — of or being a major general, as indicated by two stars on an insignia.
- two-step — a ballroom dance in duple meter, marked by sliding steps.
- unstowed — to remove (tools, utensils, equipment, etc.) from stowage, especially in preparation for use.
- wainscot — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- waitrons — Plural form of waitron.
- walkouts — Plural form of walkout.
- warthogs — Plural form of warthog.
- wash out — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- washouts — Plural form of washout.
- wastelot — a vacant lot, especially one overgrown with weeds or covered with rubbish.
- watsonia — any of various iridaceous plants of the genus Watsonia, native to southern Africa, having sword-shaped leaves and spikes of white or reddish flowers.
- wavetops — Plural form of wavetop.
- wegotism — (colloquial, dated) Excessive use of the pronoun 'we'.
- westford — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- westmont — a town in NE Illinois.
- westmost — westernmost.
- westport — a town in SW Connecticut.
- westwego — a town in SE Louisiana.
- westwood — a city in E Massachusetts.
- westwork — (in German Romanesque architecture) a monumental western front to a church, treated as a tower or towers containing an entrance and vestibule below and a chapel above.
- whatnots — Plural form of whatnot.
- whitlows — Plural form of whitlow.
- wipeouts — Plural form of wipeout.
- womanist — believing in and respecting the abilities and talents of women; acknowledging women's contributions to society.
- wonkfest — A self-congratulatory meeting of wonks (overly studious individuals).
- wonkiest — Superlative form of wonky.
- wontless — unaccustomed
- woodcuts — Plural form of woodcut.
- woodlots — Plural form of woodlot.
- wooliest — Superlative form of wooly.