8-letter words containing s, w
- dropwise — in the form of a drop
- drowsier — Comparative form of drowsy.
- drowsily — half-asleep; sleepy.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- dry wash — clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash.
- drywalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drywall.
- dumbshow — Gestures used to convey a meaning or message without speech; mime.
- dustbowl — An area which abounds in dust and which is very dry.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- dweebish — Dweeby.
- dwellers — to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
- dwindles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle.
- dyeworks — a factory producing dyes
- earworms — Plural form of earworm.
- earywigs — Plural form of earywig.
- eastward — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- eastwood — Clint, born 1930, U.S. actor and director.
- edgeways — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- edgewise — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- eelworms — Plural form of eelworm.
- eggwhisk — A kitchen utensil made of multiple loops of wire used to beat eggs.
- elsewise — (now rare) Otherwise.
- embowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embower.
- empowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empower.
- endowers — Plural form of endower.
- enswathe — Envelop or wrap in a garment or piece of fabric.
- entwines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entwine.
- eschewal — The act of eschewing.
- eschewed — Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
- eschewer — One who eschews.
- escrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of escrow.
- ex works — (of a price, value, etc) excluding the cost of delivery from the factory and sometimes excluding the commission or profit of the distributor or retailer
- eyebrows — Plural form of eyebrow.
- fairways — Plural form of fairway.
- far west — the area of the U.S. west of the Great Plains.
- fernshaw — a thicket of ferns
- fesswise — (of a charge on a coat of arms) oriented horizontally
- fewtrils — trifles; things of little value
- fidonews — (messaging, history) The weekly official on-line newsletter of FidoNet, also known as "'Snooz". As the editorial policy of Fidonews was "anything that arrives, we print", there were often large articles completely unrelated to FidoNet, which in turn tend to elicit flamage in subsequent issues.
- fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.
- figworts — Plural form of figwort.
- fishbowl — a glass bowl for goldfish, snails, etc.
- fishhawk — The osprey.
- fishways — Plural form of fishway.
- fishwife — a woman who sells fish.
- fishworm — an earthworm.
- fitchews — Plural form of fitchew.
- flat-saw — plain-saw.