8-letter words containing t, w, a
- stewable — capable of being made into a stew
- stickjaw — a food item that is difficult to chew such as toffee
- stowable — 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.
- stowaway — a person who hides aboard a ship or airplane in order to obtain free transportation or elude pursuers.
- strawhat — of or relating to a summer theater situated outside an urban or metropolitan area: strawhat theater; strawhat circuit.
- strawman — a mass of straw formed to resemble a man, as for a doll or scarecrow.
- strawson — Sir Peter (Frederick). 1919–2006, British philosopher. His early work deals with the relationship between language and logic, his later work with metaphysics. His books include The Bounds of Sense (1966) and Freedom and Resentment (1974)
- strewage — strewn or discarded items
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- swarther — swarthy.
- swastika — a figure used as a symbol or an ornament in the Old World and in America since prehistoric times, consisting of a cross with arms of equal length, each arm having a continuation at right angles.
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- swatting — to hit; slap; smack.
- swear at — use bad language towards, curse at
- sweat it — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweatbox — a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
- sweating — the act or process of sweating
- sweetman — (in the Caribbean) a man kept by a woman
- swiftian — of or relating to Jonathan Swift
- tailwind — a wind coming from directly behind a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to headwind).
- takeaway — something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
- takedown — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- tamworth — a city in E Australia.
- tapeworm — any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different hosts.
- tarwhine — a bream, Rhabdosargus sarba, of E Australia, silver in colour with gold streaks
- taskwork — work assigned or imposed as a task.
- tasswage — to assuage
- tea gown — a semiformal gown of fine material, especially one styled with soft, flowing lines, worn for afternoon social occasions.
- teakwood — the wood of the teak.
- teamwise — in respect of a team, in the manner of a team
- teamwork — cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause.
- tearaway — designed to be easily separated or opened by tearing: a box with a tearaway seal.
- teardown — a taking apart; disassembly.
- terawatt — a unit of power equal to one million megawatts
- that way — (used with adjectives and adverbs of quantity or extent) to the extent or degree indicated: that much; The fish was that big.
- thataway — in or toward the direction pointed out: The outlaws went thataway when they rode out of town.
- thaw out — defreeze
- the jaws — a dangerously close position
- the skaw — a cape at the N tip of Denmark
- the swan — the constellation Cygnus
- the waca — this Association's cricket ground in Perth
- the wain — Charles's Wain
- the wash — a shallow inlet of the North Sea on the E coast of England, between Lincolnshire and Norfolk
- thisaway — this way; in this direction.
- thraward — contrary, stubborn or obstinate
- thrawart — obstinate or intractable.
- thrawing — British Dialect. to throw.
- thrawnly — in a thrawn, contrary or perverse manner
- thwartly — sideways or crosswise
- tidewave — the swell of the earth's water levels as the tide moves