8-letter words containing s, w, t
- steelbow — the farming stock lent to a tenant by a landlord that must be returned undiminished at the end of the tenancy
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- stemware — glass or crystal vessels, especially for beverages and desserts, having rounded bowls mounted on footed stems.
- stepwise — in a steplike arrangement.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- stewable — capable of being made into a stew
- stewpond — a fishpond, often located in the garden of a monastery
- stickjaw — a food item that is difficult to chew such as toffee
- stilwell — Joseph W ("Vinegar Joe") 1883–1946, U.S. general.
- stopword — any of a number of very commonly used words, as a, and, in, and to, that are normally excluded by computer search engines or when compiling a concordance.
- 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.
- stowaway — a person who hides aboard a ship or airplane in order to obtain free transportation or elude pursuers.
- stowdown — the packing of or stowing in a ship's hold
- stowlins — stealthily
- strawhat — of or relating to a summer theater situated outside an urban or metropolitan area: strawhat theater; strawhat circuit.
- strawman — a mass of straw formed to resemble a man, as for a doll or scarecrow.
- strawson — Sir Peter (Frederick). 1919–2006, British philosopher. His early work deals with the relationship between language and logic, his later work with metaphysics. His books include The Bounds of Sense (1966) and Freedom and Resentment (1974)
- strewage — strewn or discarded items
- studwork — the act or process of building with studding.
- subtweet — (on the Twitter website) a hostile or otherwise negative post that is addressed to or about a particular person but does not mention the person’s username or does not name the person at all.
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- swarther — swarthy.
- 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.
- swear at — use bad language towards, curse at
- sweat it — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweatbox — a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
- sweating — the act or process of sweating
- sweet on — fond of or infatuated with
- sweetest — having the taste or flavor characteristic of sugar, honey, etc.
- sweeting — a sweet variety of apple.
- sweetish — somewhat sweet.
- sweetlip — any of various Australian fish with large lips
- sweetman — (in the Caribbean) a man kept by a woman
- sweetsop — a sweet, pulpy fruit having a thin, tuberculate rind, borne by a tropical American tree or shrub, Annona squamosa, of the annona family.
- swiftest — moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.
- swiftian — of or relating to Jonathan Swift
- 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.
- swimsuit — bathing suit.
- switched — a hairpiece consisting of a bunch or tress of long hair or some substitute, fastened together at one end and worn by women to supplement their own hair.
- switchel — a drink of molasses and water, plus ginger or rum; treacle beer
- swotting — to study or work hard.
- taskwork — work assigned or imposed as a task.
- tasswage — to assuage
- teamwise — in respect of a team, in the manner of a team
- tentwise — in the manner of a tent
- termwise — term by term: The series can be integrated termwise. Two series are added termwise.
- the jaws — a dangerously close position
- the news — current affairs reporting