9-letter words containing s, w, a
- newsmaker — a person, thing, or event that is newsworthy: a weekly magazine devoted to stories on newsmakers.
- newspaper — a publication issued at regular and usually close intervals, especially daily or weekly, and commonly containing news, comment, features, and advertising.
- newsqueak — A concurrent applicative language with synchronous channels.
- newsstand — a stall or other place at which newspapers and often periodicals are sold, as on a street corner or in a building lobby.
- newstrade — newspaper retail as a whole
- newswoman — a woman employed to gather news, as for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news bureau.
- no wukkas — an expression used to express agreement or to convey that something is proceeding or has proceeded satisfactorily; no problem
- nonanswer — The lack of an answer.
- oakenshaw — an area of woodland containing oak trees
- oarswoman — A female rower, especially as a member of a racing team.
- oarswomen — Plural form of oarswoman.
- ohm's law — the law that for any circuit the electric current is directly proportional to the voltage and is inversely proportional to the resistance.
- old squaw — a sea duck, Clangula hyemalis, of arctic and subarctic regions.
- old sweat — an old soldier; veteran
- oldsquaws — Plural form of oldsquaw.
- outswears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outswear.
- outwashes — Plural form of outwash.
- overdraws — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdraw.
- overswear — to swear again
- panel saw — a small ripsaw or crosscut saw.
- pass away — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
- pawn shop — shop that makes loans on personal property
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- piss away — urine.
- plain-saw — to reduce (a squared log) to boards with evenly spaced parallel cuts; bastard-saw.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- poor laws — laws that provide for public relief and assistance for the poor
- postwoman — female postal worker
- power-saw — to cut with a power saw.
- prewashed — being washed before sale, especially to produce a soft texture or a worn look: prewashed blue jeans.
- prop wash — propeller wash.
- quadwords — Plural form of quadword.
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- raw score — the original score, as of a test, before it is statistically adjusted.
- rawlinson — George, 1812–1902, English historian.
- re-answer — to answer (a question, etc) again
- reswallow — to swallow again
- road show — touring performance or display
- road-show — of or relating to road shows.
- roadworks — work, as construction or repairs, done on a road.
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- rosewater — perfume, flavouring from rose petals
- rust away — When a metal object rusts away, it is gradually weakened and destroyed by rust.
- saber saw — a portable electric jigsaw.
- sabre saw — a portable electric saw with a narrow, oscillating blade
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- sacagawea — ("Bird Woman") 1787?–1812? Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.
- sacajawea — ("Bird Woman") 1787?–1812? Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.