8-letter words containing t, w, a
- outwatch — to outdo or surpass in watching.
- outweary — to exhaust completely
- owatonna — a city in S Minnesota.
- part way — Part way means part of the way or partly.
- part-way — at or to a part of the way or distance: Shall I walk you partway? I'm already partway home.
- partwork — series of magazines issued at weekly or monthly intervals, which are designed to be bound together to form a complete course or book
- pat-down — an act or instance of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.; frisking.
- pit-sawn — (of timber, esp formerly) sawn into planks by hand in a saw-pit
- pomwater — a kind of sharp-tasting apple
- post-war — following a major conflict
- powhatan — a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy.
- put away — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- radwaste — radioactive waste.
- raw data — data
- rawlbolt — a proprietary anchor bolt for fixing into masonry etc
- redwater — a disease of cattle caused by the protozoan Babesia (or Piroplasma) bovis, which destroys the red blood cells, characterized by the passage of red or blackish urine. It is transmitted by tick bites
- rift saw — a saw used for cutting wood radially from a log.
- ring taw — ringer1 (def 4).
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- rot away — decay
- routeway — a track, road, waterway, etc, used as a route to somewhere
- ryotwari — (in India) a system of land tenure in which land taxes are paid to the state
- s.w.a.t. — a special section of some law enforcement agencies trained and equipped to deal with especially dangerous or violent situations, as when hostages are being held (often used attributively): a SWAT team.
- saltwork — place where salt is refined
- saltwort — any of various plants of sea beaches, salt marshes, and alkaline regions, especially belonging to the genus Salsola, of the amaranth family, as S. kali, a bushy plant having prickly leaves, or belonging to the genus Salicornia.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- saw-wort — a perennial Old World plant, Serratula tinctoria, having serrated leaves that yield a yellow dye: family Asteraceae (composites)
- sawdusty — filled with or suggesting sawdust.
- sawtooth — one of the cutting teeth of a saw.
- say what — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- scawtite — a hydrated carbonate and silicate of calcium, Ca7Si6(CO3)O18·2H2O
- schwartz — Delmore [del-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈdɛl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1913–1966, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- seatwork — work that can be done by a child at his or her seat in school without supervision.
- seawater — the salt water in or from the sea.
- shawabti — a figurine placed in an ancient Egyptian tomb to serve as a slave for the soul or as a substitute for the soul in performing forced labor.
- shawties — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- so what! — what importance does that have?
- soapwort — a plant, Saponaria officinalis, of the pink family, whose leaves are used for cleansing.
- software — Computers. the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. Compare hardware (def 5).
- somewhat — in some measure or degree; to some extent: not angry, just somewhat disturbed.
- southpaw — a person who is left-handed.
- spa town — a town where water comes out of the ground and people come to drink it or lie in it because they think it will improve their health
- stairway — a passageway from one level, as of a building, to another by a series of stairs; staircase.
- stalwart — strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust.
- starwort — any of several chickweeds of the genus Stellaria.
- stayaway — a nonviolent strike by workers
- 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.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.