6-letter words containing s, w
- kiswah — a decorative veil draped over the walls of the Kaʿba, now made of black brocade embroidered in gold with inscriptions from the Koran.
- knowes — knoll1 .
- knowns — Plural form of known.
- krewes — Plural form of krewe.
- lawers — Plural form of lawer.
- lawson — of or relating to a style of overstuffed sofa or chair that is boxy in shape, with square back and seat cushions and broad, square or rounded arms that are lower in height than the back: a Lawson sofa.
- leasow — to graze or pasture
- lowers — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- lowest — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- lowish — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- macaws — Plural form of macaw.
- mawson — Sir Douglas, 1882–1958, Australian antarctic explorer, born in England.
- miaows — Plural form of miaow.
- misway — (obsolete) A wrong way.
- miswed — To wed improperly.
- moscow — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow. Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- mowers — Plural form of mower.
- nawabs — Plural form of nawab.
- newels — Plural form of newel.
- newest — of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book.
- newies — Plural form of newie.
- newish — rather new.
- newses — (Isle of Man) gossip.
- newsie — A reporter.
- nowels — Plural form of nowel.
- nowise — noway.
- onslow — George, 1784–1853, French composer.
- oshawa — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
- oswald — Lee Harvey, 1939–63, designated by a presidential commission to be the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.
- oswego — a town in NW Oregon.
- owelsh — Old Welsh
- owlish — resembling or characteristic of an owl: His thick glasses give him an owlish appearance.
- ownest — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- owosso — a city in central Michigan.
- padsaw — a small compass saw with a pad.
- pesewa — a bronze coin and monetary unit of Ghana, the 100th part of a cedi.
- pitsaw — a two-handed saw used in pit sawing.
- powers — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- psywar — psychological warfare.
- rawest — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- resawn — to saw again.
- reshow — to show again
- restow — 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.
- rewash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- ripsaw — a saw for cutting wood with the grain.
- s wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- sadowa — a village in NE Bohemia, in the W Czech Republic: Prussian victory over Austrians 1866.
- sallow — of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
- sawder — flattery; compliments (esp in the phrase soft sawder)
- sawfly — any of numerous hymenopterous insects of the family Tenthredinidae, the female of which has a sawlike ovipositor for inserting the eggs in the tissues of a host plant.