8-letter words containing s, w, i
- owlishly — resembling or characteristic of an owl: His thick glasses give him an owlish appearance.
- pairwise — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- palewise — by perpendicular lines
- pigswill — slops for feeding swine
- pinswell — a small boil
- pit-sawn — (of timber, esp formerly) sawn into planks by hand in a saw-pit
- prowfish — a fish, Zaprora silenus, of the North Pacific.
- put wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- qawwalis — Plural form of qawwali.
- rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
- rainwash — material eroded or swept away by rain.
- raw silk — reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed.
- rawlings — Marjorie Kinnan [ki-nan] /kɪˈnæn/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, U.S. novelist and journalist.
- rawmaish — foolish or exaggerated talk; nonsense
- rickshaw — jinrikisha.
- rift saw — a saw used for cutting wood radially from a log.
- rijswijk — a town in SW Netherlands, near The Hague: Treaty of Ryswick 1697.
- ringwise — (of a boxer) used to being in a boxing ring and able to respond appropriately
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- rowdyish — like or characteristic of a rowdy.
- rowdyism — rough, disorderly behavior.
- sandwich — a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
- scawtite — a hydrated carbonate and silicate of calcium, Ca7Si6(CO3)O18·2H2O
- schwerin — a state in NE Germany. 8842 sq. mi. (22,900 sq. km). Capital: Schwerin.
- scowling — to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
- screw-in — fitting in by being twisted
- sea view — view over the ocean
- sea whip — a gorgonian coral that forms a flexible colony resembling shrubbery on the ocean floor.
- sedgwick — Ellery, 1872–1960, U.S. journalist and editor.
- semiwild — not fully domesticated; partially tamed or cultivated; having some characteristics of the wild
- semiwild — not fully domesticated; partially tamed or cultivated; having some characteristics of the wild
- shawabti — a figurine placed in an ancient Egyptian tomb to serve as a slave for the soul or as a substitute for the soul in performing forced labor.
- shawties — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
- show biz — show business.
- showgirl — a woman who appears in the chorus of a show, nightclub act, etc.
- showring — an area where animals are displayed for sale or competition
- showtime — the time at which an entertainment is scheduled to begin.
- shrewdie — a shrewd person
- shrewish — having the disposition of a shrew.
- side-way — a byway.
- sideshow — a minor show or exhibition in connection with a principal one, as at a circus.
- sidewalk — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.
- sidewall — the part of a pneumatic tire between the edge of the tread and the rim of the wheel.
- sideward — directed or moving toward one side.
- sideways — with a side foremost.
- sidewind — to move like a sidewinder.
- sidewise — sideways