8-letter words containing w, a, s
- unswayed — swaybacked.
- unwashed — not cleaned or purified by or as if by washing: unwashed dishes; the unwashed soul of a sinner.
- unwasted — waste (defs 26–28).
- w-r star — a very hot (35,000–100,000 K) and luminous star in the early stages of evolution, with broad emission lines in its spectrum.
- wackiest — Superlative form of wacky.
- waesucks — alas
- wageless — Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
- wagtails — Plural form of wagtail.
- wailings — Plural form of wailing.
- wailsome — wailful.
- wainscot — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- waisting — That which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).
- waitlist — to place on a waiting list: All they could do was to waitlist us for the afternoon flight.
- waitress — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waitrons — Plural form of waitron.
- waitsian — of Tom Waits (born 1949), US singer and songwriter, or his works
- wakashan — a family of American Indian languages spoken in British Columbia and Washington and including especially Kwakiutl and Nootka.
- wakeless — (of sleep) sound; deep: He lay in wakeless sleep.
- waldglas — common medieval and Renaissance glassware, made from unrefined materials and characterized by a green color.
- walkless — (baseball) Without a walk.
- walkouts — Plural form of walkout.
- walkways — Plural form of walkway.
- wallasey — a city in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary, opposite Liverpool.
- walleyes — Plural form of walleye.
- wallfish — a snail, Helix pomatia
- wallsend — a city in Tyne and Wear, NE England, near the mouth of the Tyne River.
- walruses — Plural form of walrus.
- waltzers — Plural form of waltzer.
- wandsman — verger (def 2).
- wanhsien — Wade-Giles. Wanxian.
- wannabes — Plural form of wannabe.
- wantless — (archaic) Having no want; abundant; fruitful.
- war nose — the explosive forward section of a projectile, as of a torpedo or shell; warhead.
- waratahs — Plural form of waratah.
- warblers — Plural form of warbler.
- wardress — a woman who is a warder.
- wardship — guardianship; custody.
- wareless — careless
- wargames — (recreation) (Not "War Games") A 1983 film about a schoolboy cracker using a wardialer to try to break into a games company's computer and accidentally connecting to a backdoor into "Whopper", a ficticious C3 computer at Norad (USAF). He then procedes to unwittingly initiate global thermonuclear warfare. Playing naughts and crosses finally teaches Whopper that the only way to win the game is never to play.
- warheads — Plural form of warhead.
- warhorse — a horse used in war; charger.
- wariness — the state or quality of being wary.
- warisons — Plural form of warison.
- warlocks — Plural form of warlock.
- warlords — Plural form of warlord.
- warmness — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- warnings — Plural form of warning.
- warpwise — in a vertical direction; at right angles to the filling; lengthwise.
- warrants — Plural form of warrant.
- warriors — Plural form of warrior.