9-letter words containing s, e, a, w
- hawkweeds — Plural form of hawkweed.
- hawsehole — a hole in the stem or bow of a vessel for an anchor cable.
- hawsepipe — an iron or steel pipe in the stem or bow of a vessel through which an anchor cable passes.
- headwards — backwards beyond the original source
- headwinds — Plural form of headwind.
- headwords — Plural form of headword.
- heatwaves — Plural form of heatwave.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- hellwards — towards hell
- heronshaw — a heron
- hideaways — Plural form of hideaway.
- homewards — Of or pertaining to leading toward home.
- homewares — (chiefly, British) Furnishings for the home, such as furniture and cushions.
- houseware — Homeware.
- in a stew — agitated, flustered
- jackscrew — a jack for lifting, consisting of a screw steadied by a threaded support and carrying a plate or other part bearing the load.
- jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
- jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
- knapweeds — Plural form of knapweed.
- lacewings — Plural form of lacewing.
- lag screw — type of threaded bolt
- lag-screw — to fasten with a lag screw.
- lansdowne — Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice [pet-ee-fits-mawr-is,, -mor-] /ˈpɛt i fɪtsˈmɔr ɪs,, -ˈmɒr-/ (Show IPA), 5th Marquis of, 1845–1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888–94, foreign secretary 1900–05.
- laserwort — the name given to several umbelliferous woodland plants of the genus Laserpitium, such as Laserpitium latifolium, whose roots are used as a flavouring
- lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.
- lawlessly — In a lawless manner. Without constraint by law or moral code.
- lawmakers — Plural form of lawmaker.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- leash law — a local ordinance requiring that dogs be leashed when not on their owners' property.
- leastways — at least; at any rate; leastwise.
- leastwise — at least; at any rate.
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- lowercase — (of an alphabetical letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper name, of the first word in a sentence, etc. Examples: a, b, q, r.
- make news — to do something that is apt to be reported as news
- malware's — software intended to damage a computer, mobile device, computer system, or computer network, or to take partial control over its operation: tips on finding and removing viruses, spyware, and other malware.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- mealworms — Plural form of mealworm.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- megawatts — Plural form of megawatt.
- mews flat — a flat or apartment situated in a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings
- miter saw — a backsaw used for cutting miters.
- moose jaw — a city in S Saskatchewan, in SW Canada.
- mucksweat — profuse sweat or a state of profuse sweating
- muley saw — a saw having a long, stiff blade that is not stretched in a gate, but whose motion is directed by clamps at each end mounted on guide rails.
- mute swan — a commonly domesticated soundless white swan, Cygnus olor, of Europe and Asia.
- narrowest — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- new maths — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.