8-letter words containing s, e, w, l
- snowline — limit of permanent snow
- snowmelt — water from snow that is melting or has melted.
- sowbelly — fat salt pork taken from the belly of a hog.
- sprawled — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- steelbow — the farming stock lent to a tenant by a landlord that must be returned undiminished at the end of the tenancy
- stewable — capable of being made into a stew
- stilwell — Joseph W ("Vinegar Joe") 1883–1946, U.S. general.
- stowable — Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.
- sulawesi — an island in central Indonesia. 72,986 sq. mi. (189,034 sq. km).
- swaddler — a blanket in which to swaddle a baby
- swayable — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- sweetlip — any of various Australian fish with large lips
- swelchie — the tidal race in the Pentland Firth
- swelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.
- swell up — become enlarged
- swelldom — fashionable society
- swelling — the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
- swellish — stylish; resembling a 'swell'
- swiftlet — any of several swifts of the genus Collocalia, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, certain species of which use saliva to construct nests, which are used in making bird's-nest soup.
- swindled — (of a gem) cut so as to retain the maximum weight of the original stone or to give a false impression of size, especially by having the table too large.
- swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- switchel — a drink of molasses and water, plus ginger or rum; treacle beer
- swiveled — a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
- swizzled — a tall drink, originating in Barbados, composed of full-flavored West Indian rum, lime juice, crushed ice, and sugar: typically served with a swizzle stick.
- swizzler — a drunkard; a cheat
- thewless — cowardly; timid.
- thowless — lacking vigour or spirit
- twigless — having no twigs
- unwisely — not wise; foolish; imprudent; lacking in good sense or judgment: an unwise choice; an unwise man.
- viewless — giving no view: a viewless window.
- wageless — Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
- wailsome — wailful.
- wakeless — (of sleep) sound; deep: He lay in wakeless sleep.
- walkless — (baseball) Without a walk.
- wallasey — a city in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary, opposite Liverpool.
- walleyes — Plural form of walleye.
- wallsend — a city in Tyne and Wear, NE England, near the mouth of the Tyne River.
- walruses — Plural form of walrus.
- waltzers — Plural form of waltzer.
- wantless — (archaic) Having no want; abundant; fruitful.
- warblers — Plural form of warbler.
- wareless — careless
- wartless — Without warts.
- washable — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- wasplike — any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- wasteful — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- wastelot — a vacant lot, especially one overgrown with weeds or covered with rubbish.
- wastrels — Plural form of wastrel.
- wattless — using no power
- waveless — Free from waves.