7-letter words containing w, a, t
- hotwash — Discussions and evaluations of an agency's (or multiple agencies') performance following an exercise, training session, or major event.
- kotwali — a police station.
- kotwals — Plural form of kotwal.
- kuwaiti — a native or inhabitant of Kuwait.
- kwartje — a silver 25-cent piece of the Netherlands.
- lawsuit — a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law.
- low-fat — of or being a food or style of cooking that contains or uses very little butter, oil, or other fat, usually three grams of fat or less per serving.
- low-tar — (of cigarettes or tobacco) containing less tar than usual or standard.
- madwort — a mat-forming plant, Aurinia saxatilis (or Alyssum saxatille), of the mustard family, having spatulate leaves and open clusters of pale yellow flowers.
- mathews — ˈMitford M(cLeod) (ˈmɪtfərd ) ; mitˈfərd) 1891-1985; U.S. lexicographer & educator
- matthew — one of the four Evangelists, a customs collector from Capernaum, summoned to be one of the 12 apostles: originally called Levi. Matt. 9:9–13.
- matweed — any of several grasses that are used to make mats or that grow in a densely interwoven or tangled mass, esp mat grass, Nardus stricta
- miswart — /mis-wort/ [By analogy with misbug] A feature that superficially appears to be a wart but has been determined to be the Right Thing. For example, in some versions of the Emacs text editor, the "transpose characters" command exchanges the character under the cursor with the one before it on the screen, *except* when the cursor is at the end of a line, in which case the two characters before the cursor are exchanged. While this behaviour is perhaps surprising, and certainly inconsistent, it has been found through extensive experimentation to be what most users want. This feature is a miswart.
- nas/uwt — National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers
- netware — Novell NetWare
- newcast — (transitive) To recast; form or mould anew.
- newgate — a prison in London, England: torn down 1902.
- nowcast — (meteorology) A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually of a few hours.
- or what — In conversation, you say or what? after a question as a way of stating an opinion forcefully and showing that you expect other people to agree.
- ostwald — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1853–1932, German chemist: Nobel prize 1909.
- ottumwa — a city in SE Iowa, on the Des Moines River.
- outbawl — to bawl more than or louder than
- outdraw — to draw a gun, revolver, etc., from a holster, faster than (an opponent or competitor): She could outdraw any member of the club.
- outfawn — (rare) To exceed in fawning.
- outgnaw — to exceed in gnawing
- outlaws — Plural form of outlaw.
- outwait — to surpass in waiting or expecting; wait longer than.
- outwalk — to outdo in walking; walk faster or farther than.
- outward — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
- outwash — the material, chiefly sand or gravel, deposited by meltwater streams in front of a glacier.
- outwear — to wear or last longer than; outlast: a well-made product that outwears its competition.
- paltrow — Gwyneth (Kate). born 1972, US film actress; her films include Emma (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), Shakespeare in Love (1998), and Sylvia (2003)
- partway — at or to a part of the way or distance: Shall I walk you partway? I'm already partway home.
- pathway — a path, course, route, or way.
- pit saw — a large saw used, esp. formerly, to cut timber lengthwise and worked by two men, one standing above the log, the other in a pit below it
- postwar — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period following a war: postwar problems; postwar removal of rationing.
- ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
- raytown — a city in W Missouri, near Kansas City.
- red-wat — stained with blood; bloody.
- rewater — to water again
- ringtaw — a game of marbles in which players attempt to knock other players' marbles out of a ring
- rowboat — a small boat designed for rowing.
- 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-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).
- sawdust — small particles of wood produced in sawing.
- seawant — the Native American name for silver coins and, formerly, the shell beads used as currency
- snowcat — snowmobile.
- so what — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.