8-letter words containing w, a, s
- scalawag — a scamp; rascal.
- scawtite — a hydrated carbonate and silicate of calcium, Ca7Si6(CO3)O18·2H2O
- schawlow — Arthur Leonard, 1921–99, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1981.
- schwaben — German name of Swabia.
- schwartz — Delmore [del-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈdɛl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1913–1966, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- scofflaw — a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed.
- scrawled — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- scrawler — a person who scrawls.
- screwage — /skroo'*j/ Like lossage but connotes that the failure is due to a designed-in misfeature rather than a simple inadequacy or a mere bug.
- sea view — view over the ocean
- sea wall — a strong wall or embankment to prevent the encroachments of the sea, serve as a breakwater, etc.
- sea wasp — any of various highly poisonous stinging jellyfishes of the order Cubomedusae, of tropical seas.
- sea whip — a gorgonian coral that forms a flexible colony resembling shrubbery on the ocean floor.
- sea wolf — any of several large, voracious, marine fishes, as the wolffish or sea bass.
- seatwork — work that can be done by a child at his or her seat in school without supervision.
- seawards — Also, seawards. toward the sea: a storm moving seaward.
- seawater — the salt water in or from the sea.
- seawoman — a woman sailor or a woman who works on a ship or in the navy
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.
- sewerage — the removal of waste water and refuse by means of sewers.
- shadowed — of or relating to a shadow cabinet.
- shadower — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shadwell — Thomas, 1642?–92, English dramatist: poet laureate 1688–92.
- shallows — The shallows are the shallow part of an area of water.
- 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.
- shawarma — roasted meat, as lamb or beef, cooked on a spit. a dish consisting of this meat, served wrapped in pita bread with tahini or hummus.
- shawnees — a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe formerly in the east-central U.S., now in Oklahoma.
- shawties — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- show bag — a bag containing samples, promotional material, etc, given out at trade fairs and other such events
- show day — (in Australia) a public holiday in a state on the date of its annual agricultural and industrial show
- showable — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- showcase — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed
- side-way — a byway.
- sidewalk — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.
- sidewall — the part of a pneumatic tire between the edge of the tread and the rim of the wheel.
- sideward — directed or moving toward one side.
- sideways — with a side foremost.
- skewback — a sloping surface against which the end of an arch rests.
- skewbald — (especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.
- ski-wear — clothes that are intended for skiing
- skil saw — a portable electric saw
- sky wave — a radio wave propagated upward from earth, whether reflected by the ionosphere or not.
- slideway — an inclined surface along which something can slide.
- slipware — pottery decorated with slip.
- slowback — a laggard, idler or lazy person
- snow day — a day on which public schools or other institutions are closed due to heavy snow.
- snow pea — a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon, having thin, flat, edible pods that are used in cookery.