9-letter words containing s, c, a, w
- showmance — a romance between two stars that only lasts for the run of the show
- showplace — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- skew arch — an arch, as at the entrance to a tunnel, having sides, or jambs, that are not at right angles with the face.
- slowcoach — a slowpoke.
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
- snow crab — an edible spider crab of the North Pacific, Chionoecetes opilio, commercially important as a frozen seafood product.
- snow-clad — covered with snow.
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- sock away — to strike or hit hard.
- space law — the projected law that would govern the use of outer space by various nations based on certain treaties.
- spacewalk — a task or mission performed by an astronaut outside a spacecraft in space.
- spaceward — going into space
- speechway — a pattern, style, or feature of spoken language shared by the people of a particular group or area.
- stopwatch — a watch with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, used for precise timing, as in races.
- swan neck — a shallow S-curve used in decorative 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.
- swingback — (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology: We must fight any swingback to isolationism.
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- wackiness — odd or irrational; crazy: They had some wacky plan for selling more books.
- wainscots — Plural form of wainscot.
- waistcoat — Chiefly British. vest (def 1).
- war chest — money set aside or scheduled for a particular purpose or activity, as for a political campaign or organizational drive.
- washcloth — a small cloth for washing one's face or body.
- 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.
- webcaster — A person or organization that transmits a webcast over the Internet.
- well-cast — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- wenceslas — 1361–1419, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1378–1400; as Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia 1378–1419.
- wheyfaces — Plural form of wheyface.
- whimsical — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
- whitecaps — Plural form of whitecap.
- who cares — I don't care
- wieschaus — Eric, born 1947, U.S.-born biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
- wildcards — Plural form of wildcard.
- windscale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
- wine cask — a strong wooden barrel used to hold wine
- wing case — elytron.
- wing-case — elytron.
- wingbacks — Plural form of wingback.
- wiseacres — Plural form of wiseacre.
- wisecrack — a smart or facetious remark.
- woodchats — Plural form of woodchat.
- woolpacks — Plural form of woolpack.
- woolsacks — Plural form of woolsack.