9-letter words containing s, e, w, a
- deadwoods — Plural form of deadwood.
- debt swap — A debt swap is a legal agreement where two people or companies exchange their debts, often where one has a fixed interest rate and one does not.
- dew snail — a slug
- disavowed — Deny any responsibility or support for.
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- down east — New England.
- downbeats — Plural form of downbeat.
- downscale — located at, moving toward, or of or for the middle or lower end of a social or economic scale: The discount store caters mainly to downscale customers.
- downstage — at or toward the front of the stage.
- downstate — the southern part of a U.S. state.
- drawshave — drawknife.
- drawsheet — a narrow sheet, often used on hospital beds, placed under a patient's buttocks and often over a rubber sheet, that can easily be removed if soiled.
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- driveways — Plural form of driveway.
- dwarfness — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- ear sewer — Dialect. a dragonfly.
- east-west — occurring between the East and the West, especially, formerly, occurring between the Soviet Union and the U.S.: East-West trade; East-West relations.
- eastwards — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- enswathed — Simple past tense and past participle of enswathe.
- entryways — Plural form of entryway.
- eyeshadow — A colored cosmetic, typically in powder form, applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.
- fadeaways — Plural form of fadeaway.
- fake news — false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting
- fallowers — Plural form of fallower.
- falsework — framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself.
- farewells — Plural form of farewell.
- firewalls — Plural form of firewall.
- flatwares — utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- footwears — Plural form of footwear.
- foreswear — Alternative spelling of forswear.
- forewarns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forewarn.
- forswears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forswear.
- fosse way — a Roman road in Britain between Lincoln and Exeter, with a fosse on each side
- frame saw — a saw with a thin blade held in a specially shaped frame
- freakshow — Alternative spelling of freak show.
- gallowses — Plural form of gallows.
- game laws — a law enacted for the preservation of game, as by restricting the number and kinds of game that may be taken and by designating periods of the year when specified game may be taken.
- game show — a television or radio program in which contestants answer questions or play games of skill or chance in order to win money or other prizes.
- gawkiness — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- giveaways — Plural form of giveaway.
- glassware — Ornaments and articles made from glass.
- greenwash — Disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.
- greenways — Plural form of greenway.
- guideways — Plural form of guideway.
- hacksawed — Simple past tense and past participle of hacksaw.
- halesowen — a town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 273 (2001)
- hand-sewn — sewn by hand.
- hansetown — Hansa (def 3).
- hard news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
- hardwires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hardwire.