9-letter words containing s, a, w
- wassailry — revelry
- wasserman — (obsolete) A mythical sea-monster, being part-man, and thought to destroy ships.
- wasteland — land that is uncultivated or barren.
- wasteless — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- wasteness — the state of lying barren or being waste
- wasterful — Lb obsolete wasteful.
- wasteweir — A weir that allows the escape of excess water from a canal or reservoir.
- wastingly — In a way that causes wastage; wastefully.
- watchcase — the case or outer covering for the works of a watch.
- watchless — not watchful or alert; lacking in vigilance: an irresponsible and watchless sentry.
- watchlist — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- watchouts — the act of looking out for or anticipating something; lookout: Keep a watchout for dishonest behavior.
- water ash — hoptree.
- water gas — a toxic gaseous mixture consisting chiefly of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, prepared from steam and incandescent coke: used as an illuminant, fuel, and in organic synthesis.
- water-bus — vaporetto.
- water-ski — to plane over water on water skis or a water ski by grasping a towing rope pulled by a speedboat.
- waterbeds — Plural form of waterbed.
- waterdogs — Plural form of waterdog.
- waterings — Plural form of watering.
- waterjets — Plural form of waterjet.
- waterless — devoid of water; dry.
- watershed — Chiefly British. the ridge or crest line dividing two drainage areas; water parting; divide.
- waterside — the margin, bank, or shore of a river, lake, ocean, etc.
- waterskin — The skin of a goat used as a container for water.
- waterways — A river, canal, or other route for travel by water.
- watterson — Henry ("Marse Henry") 1840–1921, U.S. journalist and political leader.
- wauwatosa — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- wave base — the depth in a body of water at which the action of surface waves stops stirring the sediments
- wavebands — Plural form of waveband.
- waveforms — Plural form of waveform.
- wayfarers — Plural form of wayfarer.
- wayleaves — Plural form of wayleave.
- waypoints — Plural form of waypoint.
- wayzgoose — A holiday or party for the benefit of printers, traditionally held in August.
- weak side — the side of the offensive line opposite the side with the tight end, thereby the side having the smaller number of players.
- weak spot — some aspect of a character or situation that is susceptible to criticism
- weakliest — Superlative form of weakly.
- weaklings — Plural form of weakling.
- weaknesse — Obsolete form of weakness.
- weanlings — Plural form of weanling.
- wear ship — to change the tack of a sailing vessel, esp a square-rigger, by coming about so that the wind passes astern
- wearables — Plural form of wearable.
- weariless — unwearying; tireless: a weariless vigil.
- weariness — physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- wearisome — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weaseling — (US) present participle of weasel.
- weaseller — someone who weasels out of a commitment or responsibility
- web-based — of, relating to, or using the World Wide Web
- webcaster — A person or organization that transmits a webcast over the Internet.
- webmaster — a person who designs or maintains a website.