8-letter words containing w, s, d
- keywords — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
- landwash — the foreshore, especially that part between high and low tidemarks.
- leewards — towards the lee side
- letdowns — Plural form of letdown.
- lewdness — inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
- lewdster — a lewd person
- logwoods — Plural form of logwood.
- lowlands — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- madworts — Plural form of madwort.
- mayweeds — Plural form of mayweed.
- midwives — Plural form of midwife.
- misaward — to award wrongly
- misdrawn — 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).
- miswired — Wired incorrectly.
- mixdowns — Plural form of mixdown.
- mud wasp — any of several wasps, as the mud dauber, that construct a nest of mud.
- newlands — John Alexander. 1838–98, British chemist: classified the elements in order of their atomic weight, noticing similarities in every eighth and thus discovering his law of octaves
- newsdesk — the department of a newspaper, television, etc., that writes, edits, or releases news, especially late-breaking news or important bulletins.
- newsfeed — (Internet) A feed, especially one providing news content.
- newslady — A newswoman.
- nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
- old west — the western region of the U.S., especially in the frontier period of the 19th century.
- oldsquaw — A marine diving duck that breeds in Arctic Eurasia and North America, the male having very long tail feathers and mainly white plumage in winter.
- outwards — 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.
- passw0rd — (security) A common default password, often given out by system administrtors to new users, the hope being that they will change it immediately.
- password — a secret word or expression used by authorized persons to prove their right to access, information, etc.
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- radwaste — radioactive waste.
- red snow — snow that has acquired a red color either from airborne particles of red dust or from a type of alga that contains a red pigment.
- roadshow — travelling entertainment
- rosewood — any of various reddish cabinet woods, sometimes with a roselike odor, yielded by certain tropical trees, especially belonging to the genus Dalbergia, of the legume family.
- rowdyish — like or characteristic of a rowdy.
- rowdyism — rough, disorderly behavior.
- sandwell — a unitary authority in central England, in West Midlands. Pop: 285 000 (2003 est). Area: 86 sq km (33 sq miles)
- sandwich — a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
- sandworm — any of several marine worms that live in sand.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- sasswood — a tropical African tree, Erythrophleum suavolens, of the legume family, having a poisonous bark and hard, durable wood.
- saw edge — the serrated edge of a saw
- saw wood — a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- sawblade — the blade of a saw
- sawdusty — filled with or suggesting sawdust.
- scrawled — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- seawards — Also, seawards. toward the sea: a storm moving seaward.
- sedgwick — Ellery, 1872–1960, U.S. journalist and editor.
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.
- semiwild — not fully domesticated; partially tamed or cultivated; having some characteristics of the wild
- semiwild — not fully domesticated; partially tamed or cultivated; having some characteristics of the wild
- set down — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shadowed — of or relating to a shadow cabinet.