8-letter words containing t, w
- post-war — following a major conflict
- postshow — of or relating to the period after a show, occurring after a show
- powerset — (mathematics) The powerset of a set S is the set of possible subsets of S, usually written PS.
- 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.
- put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
- 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
- regrowth — the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
- rewriter — a person who rewrites material for publication
- rift saw — a saw used for cutting wood radially from a log.
- ring taw — ringer1 (def 4).
- robstown — a city in S Texas.
- rootworm — the larva of any of several insects, as the cucumber beetle, that feeds on the roots of plants.
- rope tow — ski tow.
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- rot away — decay
- routeway — a track, road, waterway, etc, used as a route to somewhere
- run with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- 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.
- scutwork — menial, routine work, as that done by an underling: the scutwork of scrubbing pots and pans.
- 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.
- set down — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- setscrew — a screw passing through a threaded hole in a part to tighten the contact of that part with another, as of a collar with the shaft on which it fits.
- 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).
- shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
- shotwell — James Thomson, 1874–1965, U.S. diplomat, historian, and educator.
- show out — to conduct a person out of a room or building by opening the door for him
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- showtime — the time at which an entertainment is scheduled to begin.
- shutdown — a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity: a partial government shutdown; an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
- siscowet — a variety of lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush siscowet, inhabiting the deeper waters of Lake Superior.
- sit down — done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.
- sit-down — done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.