8-letter words containing s, w
- gun laws — laws relating to the possession and use of guns
- gunwales — Plural form of gunwale.
- gw-basic — (language) An early version of MS-BASIC.
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- hallways — Plural form of hallway.
- handsaws — Plural form of handsaw.
- handsewn — sewn by hand.
- handwash — If you handwash something, you wash it by hand rather than in a washing machine.
- hawkbits — Plural form of hawkbit.
- hawknose — a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.
- hawkshaw — a detective.
- henslowe — Philip, died 1616, English theater manager.
- hernshaw — a heron.
- highways — Plural form of highway.
- hit show — successful tv series
- hiwassee — a river in NE Georgia, SW North Carolina, and SE Tennessee, flowing N to the Tennessee River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- hoedowns — Plural form of hoedown.
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- hole saw — crown saw.
- hoosegow — a jail.
- horseway — a bridleway
- hounslow — a borough of Greater London, England.
- howlings — Plural form of howling.
- ice show — entertainment in which a company of ice skaters exhibit their skills to musical accompaniment.
- icewines — Plural form of icewine.
- imbowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbower.
- indwells — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indwell.
- inkwells — Plural form of inkwell.
- inswings — Plural form of inswing.
- inweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inweave.
- jackdaws — Plural form of jackdaw.
- jawbones — Plural form of jawbone.
- jawlines — Plural form of jawline.
- jaywalks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaywalk.
- jet wash — Aeronautics. the backwash caused by a jet engine.
- jewelers — Plural form of jeweler.
- jigsawed — Simple past tense and past participle of jigsaw.
- jowliest — Superlative form of jowly.
- just now — a moment ago
- kawasaki — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, SW of Tokyo.
- key west — an island off S Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. 4 miles (6.4 km) long; 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- keywords — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
- kickshaw — a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
- knowbots — Plural form of knowbot.
- knowsley — a unitary authority of NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 150 200 (2003 est). Area: 97 sq km (38 sq miles)
- kurosawa — Akira [ah-kee-rah] /ɑˈki rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–1998, Japanese film director.
- kwyjibos — Plural form of kwyjibo.
- landwash — the foreshore, especially that part between high and low tidemarks.
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.