8-letter words containing s, w
- browless — without eyebrows
- brownish — Something that is brownish is slightly brown in colour.
- brownist — a person who supported the principles of church government advocated by Robert Browne and adopted in modified form by the Independents or Congregationalists
- brownson — Orestes Augustus, 1803–76, U.S. writer.
- browsing — to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
- bushwalk — to hike through bushland
- busywork — Busywork is work that is intended to keep someone occupied and is not completely necessary.
- buzz saw — a power-operated circular saw
- buzz-saw — a power-operated circular saw, so named because of the noise it makes.
- car wash — a place or structure having special equipment for washing automobiles.
- case law — Case law is law that has been established by following decisions made by judges in earlier cases.
- casework — Casework is social work that involves actually dealing or working with the people who need help.
- caseworm — any of various insect larvae that build protective cases about their bodies
- cash cow — In business, a cash cow is a product or investment that steadily continues to be profitable.
- cashflow — Of or pertaining to a cash flow.
- castaway — A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.
- catwalks — Plural form of catwalk.
- catworks — the machinery used on a drilling platform
- causeway — A causeway is a raised path or road that crosses water or wet land.
- chainsaw — a motor-driven saw, usually portable, in which the cutting teeth form links in a continuous chain
- chepstow — a town in S Wales, in Monmouthshire on the River Wye: tourism, light industry. Pop: 10 821 (2001)
- chewiest — Superlative form of chewy.
- chowders — Plural form of chowder.
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- clawless — Having no claws.
- clownish — If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- coldslaw — coleslaw.
- coleslaw — Coleslaw is a salad of chopped raw cabbage, carrots, onions, and sometimes other vegetables, usually with mayonnaise.
- combwise — in the manner of a comb
- cornrows — A style of braiding and plaiting the hair in narrow strips to form geometric patterns on the scalp.
- cotswold — a breed of sheep with long wool that originated in the Cotswolds. It is believed to be one of the oldest breeds in the world
- cowbells — Plural form of cowbell.
- cowbirds — Plural form of cowbird.
- cowgirls — Plural form of cowgirl.
- cowgrass — the common name for Trefolium medium, a species of Trefoil; also applied to the commonly cultivated form of red clover
- cowhands — Plural form of cowhand.
- cowherds — Plural form of cowherd.
- cowhides — Plural form of cowhide.
- cowhouse — a shelter for cows; a byre or cowshed
- cowlicks — Plural form of cowlick.
- cowlings — Plural form of cowling.
- cowpokes — Plural form of cowpoke.
- cowsheds — Plural form of cowshed.
- cowslips — Plural form of cowslip.
- coxswain — The coxswain of a lifeboat or other small boat is the person who steers the boat.
- cpu wars — /C-P-U worz/ A 1979 large-format comic by Chas Andres chronicling the attempts of the brainwashed androids of IPM (Impossible to Program Machines) to conquer and destroy the peaceful denizens of HEC (Human Engineered Computers). This rather transparent allegory featured many references to ADVENT and the immortal line "Eat flaming death, minicomputer mongrels!" (uttered, of course, by an IPM stormtrooper). It is alleged that the author subsequently received a letter of appreciation on IBM company stationery from the head of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratories (then, as now, one of the few islands of true hackerdom in the IBM archipelago). The lower loop of the B in the IBM logo, it is said, had been carefully whited out. See eat flaming death.
- crabwise — (of motion) sideways; like a crab
- crawdads — Plural form of crawdad.
- crawfish — A crawfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish.
- crawlers — a baby's overalls; rompers