7-letter words containing w, e, a
- 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.
- prewrap — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- pv-wave — (graphics, tool) (Precision Visuals' Workstation Analysis and Visualization Environment) Interactive scientific visualisation software originally from Precision Visuals, Inc., but now owned by Visual Numerics, Inc. (VNI).
- raceway — Chiefly British. a passage or channel for water, as a millrace.
- ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
- rawhead — a bogeyman, esp one with a skull as its head
- rawhide — untanned skin of cattle or other animals.
- rawness — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- reawake — to awake again
- reawoke — waking; not sleeping.
- red-wat — stained with blood; bloody.
- redrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- redware — a large brown seaweed, Laminaria digitata, common off northern Atlantic coasts.
- renewal — the act of renewing.
- 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.
- rewaken — to awaken again
- rewards — the benefits of doing something
- rewater — to water again
- reweave — to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material.
- ropeway — tramway (def 4).
- rowable — able to be rowed
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- sideway — a byway.
- skiwear — activewear designed to be worn for skiing, as jackets, sweaters, and pants.
- someway — in some way; somehow.
- spyware — Computers. software that is installed surreptitiously and gathers information about an Internet user's browsing habits, intercepts the user's personal data, etc., transmitting this information to a third party: a parent's use of spyware to monitor a child's online activities.
- steward — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stewart — Also, Stuart. Darnley, Lord Henry.
- stewpan — a pan for stewing; saucepan.
- stowage — an act or operation of stowing.
- strawen — of straw or strawlike