8-letter words containing awa
- neyagawa — a city in S Honshu, Japan: a suburb of Osaka.
- nottaway — a river in SW Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to James Bay. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- peshawar — a province in Pakistan, bordering Punjab and Kashmir on the west: a former province of British India. 28,773 sq. mi. (77,516 sq. km). Capital: Peshawar.
- put away — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- re-awake — waking; not sleeping.
- reawaken — rouse or arouse again
- rockaway — a light, four-wheeled carriage having two or three seats and a fixed top.
- rollaway — designed to be rolled out of the way or out of sight when not in use: rollaway bed.
- rot away — decay
- run away — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- scalawag — a scamp; rascal.
- seawards — Also, seawards. toward the sea: a storm moving seaward.
- seawater — the salt water in or from the sea.
- shawabti — a figurine placed in an ancient Egyptian tomb to serve as a slave for the soul or as a substitute for the soul in performing forced labor.
- shawarma — roasted meat, as lamb or beef, cooked on a spit. a dish consisting of this meat, served wrapped in pita bread with tahini or hummus.
- soakaway — a pit filled with rubble, etc, into which rain or waste water drains
- soaraway — If you describe something as a soaraway success, you mean that its success has suddenly increased.
- soembawa — Dutch name of Sumbawa.
- stayaway — a nonviolent strike by workers
- stowaway — a person who hides aboard a ship or airplane in order to obtain free transportation or elude pursuers.
- takeaway — something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
- tearaway — designed to be easily separated or opened by tearing: a box with a tearaway seal.
- terawatt — a unit of power equal to one million megawatts
- thataway — in or toward the direction pointed out: The outlaws went thataway when they rode out of town.
- thisaway — this way; in this direction.
- thraward — contrary, stubborn or obstinate
- thrawart — obstinate or intractable.
- tokugawa — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns, 1603–1867.
- unawares — while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
- walkaway — an easy victory or conquest.
- wantaway — a footballer who wants a transfer to another club
- warszawa — Polish name of Warsaw.
- wellaway — woe! alas!