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8-letter words containing s, w, a

  • swadeshi — a political movement in British India that encouraged domestic production and the boycott of foreign, especially British, goods as a step toward home rule.
  • swagging — Slang. plunder; booty. money; valuables. free merchandise distributed as part of the promotion of a product, company, etc. self-confidence and personal style as shown by one's appearance and demeanor: the top ten athletes with the most swag. schwag (def 1).
  • swags of — lots of
  • swagshop — a shop selling cheap goods
  • swaining — courtship
  • swamphen — any of several large Old World gallinules varying from purple to white, all possibly belonging to the single species Porphyrio porphyrio.
  • swamping — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
  • swanherd — a person who tends swans.
  • swanndri — an all-weather heavy woollen shirt
  • swannery — a place where swans are raised.
  • swanskin — the skin of a swan, with the feathers on.
  • swapping — to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
  • swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
  • swarther — swarthy.
  • swashing — Printing. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter.
  • swastika — a figure used as a symbol or an ornament in the Old World and in America since prehistoric times, consisting of a cross with arms of equal length, each arm having a continuation at right angles.
  • swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
  • swatting — to hit; slap; smack.
  • sway bar — stabilizer bar.
  • swayable — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
  • swayback — an excessive downward curvature of the spinal column in the dorsal region, especially of horses.
  • swear at — use bad language towards, curse at
  • swear by — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
  • swear in — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
  • sweat it — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
  • sweatbox — a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
  • sweating — the act or process of sweating
  • sweetman — (in the Caribbean) a man kept by a woman
  • swiftian — of or relating to Jonathan Swift
  • swimwear — clothing designed to be worn for swimming or at a beach.
  • swingarm — the main part of the rear suspension on a motorcycle
  • swingman — a player who can play either of two positions, usually guard and forward.
  • swordman — swordsman.
  • szechwan — Sichuan.
  • taskwork — work assigned or imposed as a task.
  • tasswage — to assuage
  • teamwise — in respect of a team, in the manner of a team
  • the jaws — a dangerously close position
  • the skaw — a cape at the N tip of Denmark
  • the swan — the constellation Cygnus
  • the wash — a shallow inlet of the North Sea on the E coast of England, between Lincolnshire and Norfolk
  • thisaway — this way; in this direction.
  • time was — there was a time
  • town gas — coal gas manufactured for domestic and industrial use
  • townsman — a native or inhabitant of a town.
  • trewsman — a Highlander
  • two-star — of or being a major general, as indicated by two stars on an insignia.
  • unawares — while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
  • unshadow — to remove a shadow from
  • unswathe — to free from something that swathes: to unswath the child of her bandages.
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