7-letter words containing w, a, s
- prewash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- rawlins — a town in S Wyoming.
- rawness — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- respawn — (of a character or item in a video game) to reenter an existing game environment at a fixed point after having been defeated or otherwise removed from play: If another player character has already opened the treasure chest, you will have to wait a few minutes for the chest to respawn.
- rewards — the benefits of doing something
- rip-saw — a saw for cutting wood with the grain.
- saginaw — a port in E Michigan, on the Saginaw River.
- sahiwal — a breed of cattle in India
- salchow — a jump in which the skater leaps from the back inside edge of one skate, making one full rotation of the body in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate.
- sallowy — full of sallows: a sallowy glade.
- salween — a river in SE Asia, flowing S from SW China through E Burma (Myanmar) to the Bay of Bengal. 1750 miles (2815 km) long.
- sapwood — the softer part of the wood between the inner bark and the heartwood.
- sarawak — a state in the federation of Malaysia, on NW Borneo: formerly a British crown colony (1946–63) and British protectorate (1888–1946). About 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Kuching.
- saw log — a log large enough to saw into boards.
- saw off — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- saw pit — a place for pit sawing.
- saw set — an instrument used to bend out slightly the point of each alternate tooth of a saw so that the kerf made by the saw will be wider than its blade.
- saw-off — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- saw-pit — a place for pit sawing.
- sawatch — a mountain range in central Colorado: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Elbert, 14,431 feet (4400 meters).
- sawbill — any of various hummingbirds of the genus Ramphodon
- sawbuck — a ten-dollar bill.
- sawdust — small particles of wood produced in sawing.
- sawfish — a large, elongated ray of the genus Pristis, living along tropical coasts and lowland rivers, with a bladelike snout bearing strong teeth on each side.
- sawmill — a place or building in which timber is sawed into planks, boards, etc., by machinery.
- schwann — Theodor [tey-oh-dawr] /ˈteɪ oʊˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1810–82, German zoologist.
- schwarz — Hermann Amandus [her-mahn ah-mahn-doo s] /ˈhɛr mɑn ɑˈmɑn dʊs/ (Show IPA), 1843–1921, German mathematician.
- scrawly — written or drawn awkwardly or carelessly.
- scrawny — excessively thin; lean; scraggy: a long, scrawny neck.
- sea cow — any sirenian, as the manatee or dugong.
- sea mew — sea gull
- seafowl — seabird.
- seahawk — a twin-engine, four-seat U.S. Navy helicopter used for surveillance, targeting, and antisubmarine warfare.
- sealwax — a sealing wax made from a preparation of shellac and turpentine that is soft and fluid when heated, but which hardens upon cooling
- seawall — groyne: wave barrier
- seawant — the Native American name for silver coins and, formerly, the shell beads used as currency
- seaward — Also, seawards. toward the sea: a storm moving seaward.
- seaware — seaweed, especially coarse, large seaweed, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- seaweed — any plant or plants growing in the ocean.
- seawife — a variety of sea fish which is tropical, brightly coloured and has spiny fins
- seaworm — a marine worm
- see-saw — a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle.
- semiraw — (of food) not fully cooked; (of materials) not fully processed; raw to some degree
- sewable — capable of being fastened or enclosed by stitches
- sexwale — Tokyo. full name Mosima Gabriel Sexwale. born 1953; South African political activist and businessman
- shadowy — resembling a shadow in faintness, slightness, etc.: shadowy outlines.
- shallow — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shalwar — loose, pajamalike trousers worn by both men and women in India and southeast Asia.
- shawlie — a working-class woman, esp one who wears a shawl
- shawnee — a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe formerly in the east-central U.S., now in Oklahoma.