9-letter words containing w, a, t
- sternward — toward the stern; astern.
- stew meat — Stew meat is the same as stewing steak.
- stewarded — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stewardry — the office or position of a steward or overseer
- stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
- stone saw — an untoothed iron saw used to cut stone
- stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
- stoneware — a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.
- stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- stopwatch — a watch with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, used for precise timing, as in races.
- stornoway — a city in NW Scotland, in the Hebrides.
- stow away — 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.
- strapwork — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
- strapwort — a seaside plant with leaves resembling straps
- straw hat — of or relating to a summer theater situated outside an urban or metropolitan area: strawhat theater; strawhat circuit.
- straw man — a mass of straw formed to resemble a man, as for a doll or scarecrow.
- straw-hat — designating, of, or having to do with a summer theater or summer theaters
- strawless — without a straw or without straw
- strawworm — caddisworm.
- streamway — the bed of a stream.
- swap meet — a fair or bazaar where objects, usually secondhand, are bartered or sold.
- swarthout — Gladys, 1904–69, U.S. soprano.
- swartzite — a hydrous carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and uranium, occurring in green crystals: an ore of uranium.
- swat team — A SWAT team is a group of policemen who have been specially trained to deal with very dangerous or violent situations. SWAT is an abbreviation for 'Special Weapons and Tactics'.
- swear out — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- sweat bee — any of several bees of the family Halictidae that are attracted by perspiration.
- sweat off — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweat out — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweatband — a band lining the inside of a hat or cap to protect it against sweat from the head.
- sweatshop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sweatsuit — A sweatsuit is a loose, warm, stretchy suit consisting of long trousers and a top which people wear to relax and do exercise.
- sweatweed — marsh mallow.
- sweet bay — laurel (def 1).
- sweet pea — a climbing plant, Lathyrus odoratus, of the legume family, having sweet-scented flowers.
- sweetleaf — a shrub or small tree, Symplocos tinctoria, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having lance-shaped leaves, yellowish, fragrant flowers, and orange or brown fruit.
- sweetmeal — (of biscuits) sweet and wholemeal
- sweetmeat — a sweet delicacy, prepared with sugar, honey, or the like, as preserves, candy, or, formerly, cakes or pastry.
- sweptback — (of the leading edge of an airfoil) forming a markedly obtuse angle with the fuselage.
- swingbeat — a type of modern dance music that combines soul, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop
- swingboat — a piece of fairground equipment consisting of a boat-shaped carriage for swinging in
- swingtail — denoting an aircraft with a rear portion that can be opened to assist in loading cargo
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
- table saw — a circular saw mounted on the underside of a table through which its blade projects: work to be sawed is placed on the table
- tableware — the dishes, utensils, etc., used at the table.
- tablewise — in the form of a table or list
- tack claw — a small hand tool having a handle with a claw at one end for removing tacks.
- tack-weld — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- taekwondo — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- tafelwein — German table wine