Ways

Definition: Ways

Ways

Adverb

1. N is between 2 and infinity; "They split the loot four ways".

Noun

1. The property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; (colloquial) "he went a long ways".

2. Structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ways" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Industry

Mechanical Engineering

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Ways

Conduct

Course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding; role; process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating; method; path.

Deity

Creation, preservation, divine government; Theocracy, Thearchy; providence; ways of Providence, dealings of Providence, dispensations of Providence, visitations of Providence.

Deviation

Adverb: astray from, round about, wide of the mark; to the right about; all manner of ways; circuitously.

Wandering; Verb: vagrancy, evagation; bypaths and crooked ways; byroad.

Direction

Through, via, by way of; in all directions, in all manner of ways; quaquaversum, from the four winds.

Discord

Verb: be discordant; Adjective: disagree, come amiss; clash, jar, jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another; live like cat and dog; differ; dissent; have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with.

Distortion

Adverb: all manner of ways.

Evidence

Verb: countervail, oppose; mitigate against; rebut; (refute); subvert; (destroy); cheek, weaken; contravene; contradict; (deny); tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case; turn the tables; cut both ways; prove a negative.

Means

Noun: means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means; capital; (money); revenue; stock in trade; provision; a shot in the locker; appliances; (machinery); means and appliances; conveniences; cards to play; expedients; (measures); two strings to one's bow; sheet anchor; (safety); aid; medium.

Money

Noun: money, legal tender; money matters, money market; finance; accounts; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets;(property); wealth; supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash; mammon.

Nonuniformity

Adverb: variously, in all manner of ways, here there and everywhere.

Pain

Attraction; (motive); attractiveness, attractability; invitingness; Adjective: harm, fascination, enchantment, witchery, seduction, winning ways, amenity, amiability; winsomeness.

Smallness

Almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but; near upon, close upon; peu s'en faut, near the mark; within an ace of, within an inch of; on the brink of; scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than. about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say; be the same, be little more or less. no ways, no way, no wise; not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow; in no wise, in no respect; by no means, by no manner of means; on no account, at no hand.

Crosswords: Ways

I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

All I do anymore is think of ways to break my parole (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

There are ways of telling whether she is a witch (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

We have ways of making you understand (Wo hu cang long; writing credit: Hui-Ling Wang)

Now I've justified this to myself in all sorts of ways. It wasn't a big deal, just a minor betrayal (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.)

And went our separate ways (SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS APART); performing artist: Journey)

Fifty ways to leave your lover (50 Ways To Leave Your Lover; performing artist: PAUL SIMON)

And a hum drum ways (The Dean And I; performing artist: 10CC)

And I know the ways to fame; (Making Love Out Of Nothing At All; performing artist: Air Supply)

Way out the states no 2 ways and no page (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez)

Tracers work both ways. (references; author: unknown)

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. (references; author: unknown)

God has a thousand ways, where I can see not one; when all my means have reached their end, then His have just begun. (references; author: unknown)

I think I've found the trouble with our economy. There are far more ways to get into debt than there are to get out of it. (references; author: unknown)

More Ways Than One (1973)

Evil Ways of Love (1972)

Ways and Means (1970)

The Ways of Women (1970)

We Have Ways of Making You Laugh (1968)

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (performing artist: Journey)

SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS APART)  (performing artist: Journey )

Sexy Ways (performing artist: Lonnie Mack)

50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER  (performing artist: Paul Simon )

One Hundred Ways (performing artist: Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• 366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, and Grains (reference)

• 500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader: Writing the Screenplay the Reader Will Recommend (reference)

• Tips for Carefree Landscapes: Over 500 Sure-Fire Ways to Beautify Your Yard and Garden (reference)

• 203 Ways to Drive a Man Wild in Bed (reference)

• Soap Recipes: Seventy Tried-And-True Ways to Make Modern Soap With Herbs, Beeswax and Vegetable Oils (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Background Material And Data On Major Programs Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committtee On Ways & Means (reference)

• Pinal Ways (reference)

• Ways Of Knowing Journal (reference)

• Word Ways (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife (reference)

• Wicked Ways (reference)

• Yu Yu Hakusho Ghostfiles:7 Ways to Die (reference)

• 8 Million Ways to Die (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• 13 Ways To Bleed Onstage [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Subtle Ways (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 14 Ways to Wear Lipstick (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

(9) color slides show eggs cooked three different ways. (3) two cooked eggs (over easy?) with a salsa garnish, (1) two cooked eggs (over easy?) with a side serving of salsa, (1) two cooked eggs (over easy?) with a parsley garnish, (3) plate of scrambled eggs, (1) omelette with a strawberry garnish. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

(7) color slides show different ways to serve pancakes. (4) two single pancakes with maple syrup, (3) two single pancakes with butter and maple syrup. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

Scientists are trying to find alternative ways of producing taxol, one being from the yew needles rather than the bark of the pacific yew tree (taxus brevifolin). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Passing knowledge of the bay and its ways from generation to generation. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Maintaining the boats is a never-ending job - boat on the ways at Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries.

Birdwatching is one of the ways people enjoy the wildlife and recreation area surrounding Lake Sugema in the Van Buren-Indian Creek Watershed project. Lake Sugema, built as part of the watershed project, also provides a water supply, fishing and revenue f. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Swimming is one of the ways people enjoy the recreation area of Lake Icaria in the Walters Creek Watershed project. Lake Icaria, built as part of the watershed project, also provides a water supply, fishing and revenue from recreation for the local econom. Credit: Gene Alexander.

Tropical flowers like these orchids and anthuriums bring premium prices at nurseries and floral shops around the world. But these beauties are being attacked by insects. ARS scientists are looking for environmentally friendly ways to protect the showy plants. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Laboratory research is helping to find ways to prevent and treat eye disease. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.

DNA research may lead to ways eye disease can be prevented, delayed, and treated. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And if we shall not have corrected the transgression (or, in the event of our being out of the realm, if our justiciar shall not have corrected it) within forty days, reckoning from the time it has been intimated to us (or to our justiciar, if we should be out of the realm), the four barons aforesaid shall refer that matter to the rest of the five and twenty barons, and those five and twenty barons shall, together with the community of the whole realm, distrain and distress us in all possible ways, namely, by seizing our castles, lands, possessions, and in any other way they can, until redress has been obtained as they deem fit, saving harmless our own person, and the persons of our queen and children; and when redress has been obtained, they shall resume their old relations towards us. (reference)

Whoever gets into the exercise of any part of the power, by other ways than what the laws of the community have prescribed, hath no right to be obeyed, though the form of the commonwealth be still preserved; since he is not the person the laws have appointed, and consequently not the person the people have consented to. (Second Treatise of Government)

Altogether collisions between the classes of the old society further, in many ways, the course of development of the proletariat. (reference)

For the stage subsequent to approximately the end of the first trimester, the State, in promoting its interest in the health of the mother, may, if it chooses, regulate the abortion procedure in ways that are reasonably related to maternal health. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And, in short, from knowing his usual ways, I am very much inclined to think that it was for their accommodation the carriage was used at all.

The obvious plan was to try both ways.

He studies their ways, and has special notes of his own upon each one of them

These devils will afflict the damned in two ways, by their presence and by their reproaches

The great owners formed associations for protection and they met to discuss ways to intimidate, to kill, to gas.

Here then men saluted one another, and heard and told the news, and went their ways again

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Inhaled air travels through the air ways to the alveoli. (references)

Some are looking for ways to improve cognitive functions. (references)

Corneal dystrophies affect vision in widely differing ways. (references)

Business

In many ways Poland still functions as a traditional economy. (references)

In the draperies market, there are two ways of handling stock. (references)

Electrotechnical companies use various ways to enter the Slovak market. (references)

Children

Ghana

The resulting plan of action focused on ways that Economic Community of West African States could integrate child protection into ECOWAS peacemaking and peacekeeping initiatives. (references)

Russia

Ombudsmen may only write a letter requesting an inquiry by law enforcement authorities, assist those whose rights have been violated to understand their legal rights, and make suggestions to legislators (local, regional, and federal) on ways to improve legislation. (references)

El Salvador

The ISPM believes that the number of case of abuse actually have fallen due to various educational programs and campaigns they completed during 2000. The Program for the Prevention of Mistreatment was a media campaign through radio, television, and newspapers to educate parents, especially fathers, on appropriate ways to treat their children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

The hearse abruptly departed, forcing mourners to find alternate ways of transportation to the cemetery. (references)

Turkey

The UNHCR and government authorities continued to work to resolve this problem and to find ways to allow greater access of all asylum seekers to processing. (references)

Burma

Since 1990 government authorities and security forces have promoted Buddhism over Christianity among the Chin ethnic minority in diverse and often coercive ways. (references)

Economic History

Saudi Arabia

The Saudi budget process is opaque in many ways. (references)

Panama

In practice, however, there are legal ways to overcome these restrictions. (references)

Portugal

Joint ventures and licensing are alternative ways to enter the Portuguese market. (references)

Human Rights

Bahamas

Prison authorities are considering ways to prevent such deaths in the future. (references)

Mauritania

Dah's case has prompted public debate on ways to further national reconciliation. (references)

Dominican Republic

The police failed to cooperate with civilian authorities in many ways, which made quantifying the problem very difficult. (references)

Indigenous People

Philippines

Other measures have affected indigenous communities in adverse ways. (references)

Minorities

Peru

The law prohibits newspaper employment advertisements from specifying the race of the candidates sought, but employers often find discreet ways to relegate blacks to low-paying service jobs. (references)

Ghana

Details of the report were not published; however, the Committee recommended ways to ensure lasting peace between the two communities, and the Regional Minister agreed to implement the recommendations. (references)

Political Economy

Cyprus

This effort challenges traditional ways of doing business in almost all areas and has a considerable financial cost as well. (references)

Western Sahara

Annan requested Baker to consult the parties to explore ways to achieve an "early, durable and peaceful" settlement to their dispute. (references)

Pakistan

Bhutto's centralizing policies and autocratic ways galvanized the opposition, which challenged his sweeping victory in the March 1977 national elections. (references)

Political Rights

Sri Lanka

A group of 26 international observers invited by the Government to observe the elections stated that they saw no evidence of fraud in the 1999 presidential elections, but they admitted the possibility of irregularities and suggested ways for improving the voting system to prevent cheating. (references)

Kazakhstan

A newly elected bicameral legislature took office in December 1999. Although in many ways an improvement over the presidential election, parliamentary elections held in 1999 were marred by election law deficiencies, executive branch interference in the electoral process, and a lack of government openness regarding vote tabulations. (references)

Trade

China

In China's liberalized economic regime, there are many ways to finance imports. (references)

Travel

Korea

Though Koreans have transitioned greatly into Western society, the traditional ways of thinking in many areas are still practiced. (references)

Colombia

U.S. citizens can refer to the Department of State's pamphlet, A Safe Trip Abroad, for ways to promote a more trouble-free journey. (references)

France

Nevertheless, informal business discussions in restaurants where everyone appreciates a good meal are one of the best ways to promote good working relations. (references)

Worker Rights

Uganda

Many civil servants and their dependents work in second jobs, grow their own food, or seek other ways to supplement their incomes. (references)

Spain

The main police school gives courses on trafficking issues, such as the recognition of fake documents and the best ways to identify traffickers. (references)

Chile

Unions cite the widespread practices of subcontracting, individual contracts, and temporary employment as ways that employers resist unionization. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ways": ad all manner of ways ♦ all manner of ways ♦ at the parting of the ways ♦ be at the parting of the ways ♦ Bilge ways ♦ breath ways ♦ Bulge ways ♦ bypaths and crooked ways ♦ change one's ways ♦ cut both ways ♦ cuts both ways ♦ different ways ♦ evil ways ♦ in all manner of ways ♦ in many ways ♦ in other ways ♦ in two ways ♦ it cuts both ways ♦ Launching ways ♦ little ways ♦ mend one's ways ♦ mend smb.'s ways ♦ mend your ways ♦ mincing ways ♦ no ways ♦ oblique ways ♦ parting of the ways ♦ prismatic guide ways ♦ prismatic ways ♦ revert to wicked ways ♦ slide ways ♦ sliding ways ♦ the clause reads both ways ♦ to cut both ways ♦ ways and means ♦ Ways and Means Committee ♦ ways of God ♦ ways of peace ♦ ways of Providence ♦ winning ways. Additional references.

Beginning with "ways": ways-including.

Ending with "ways": alley-ways, cross-ways, cycle-ways, drove-ways.

Albanian

dobësitë e vogla (little ways). (various references)

Bulgarian 

порядки (habits, manner of dealing). (various references)

Chinese 

方式 (mode, Way, way-out). (various references)

Czech

to je dvojseèná zbraò (it cuts both ways), odlišnì (different ways, differently). (various references)

Danish

rulleføring (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way), glideføring (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way). (various references)

Dutch

geleidebed van machine, geleibaan (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way). (various references)

Finnish

vierintäjohde (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way), liukujohde (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way). (various references)

French

surface de guidage (guide way, slide way, slide ways, way), portée de guidage, guide (guide way, slide way, slide ways, way), guidage par contact (guide way, slide way, slide ways, way), façons. (various references)

German

Wege (lanes), Wälzführung (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way), Wälzbahn (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way), Gleitführung (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way), Gleitbahn (slipway), Führungsbahn (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way). (various references)

Greek 

κυλισιοδηγός (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way), τρόποι (decorums), ολισθητήρας (crank block, driving block, fulcrum slide, guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slider, slideway, sliding block, sliding guide, way), ολισθοδηγός (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way), ολοσθόδρομος (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way), οδηγόδρομος (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way), δρόμοι (roads). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחזור לסורו (backslide, lapse, relapse, revert to wicked ways), דרכי שלום (ways of peace), סור (banished, evil ways, fermentation, leaven, removed, separated). (various references)

Hungarian

sokféleképpen (in many ways), sok szempontból (in many ways), rossz útra téved (to get into evil ways, to go wrong), nem egyenes út (oblique ways), minden úton-módon (in all manner of ways), kerülő út (circuit, detour, oblique ways, roundabout), közvetett út (oblique ways), görbe út (oblique ways), elzüllik (to get into bad ways, to get into evil ways, to go to the bad, to take to the streets). (various references)

Indonesian

menggalang (give something a firm footing, lie athwart, place on the ways), bergalang (be on the ways, use a girder). (various references)

Irish

treonna (directions). (various references)

Italian

modi, guide (guides), guida di scorrimento (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

女の性 (the ways of women), 別れ道 (branch, branch road, crossroads, forked road, parting of the ways, turning point), 別れ路 (branch, branch road, crossroads, forked road, one's way after the parting, parting of the ways, the way to hades, turning point), 分れ道 (branch, branch road, crossroads, forked road, parting of the ways, turning point), 分かれ目 (fork, junction, parting of the ways, turning point), 分かれ道 (branch, branch road, crossroads, forked road, parting of the ways, turning point), 分岐点 (crossroads, division point, junction, parting of ways), 両様 (both ways, two kinds, two ways), 世情 (human nature, the ways of the world), 世間知らず (to ignorance of the ways of the world), やり方が渋い (Aah!, affluence, Ah!, at ease, calm, Dear me!, exclamation of relief or disappointment, flicker, large thing swaying, mildly, mischievous, naughty, Oh dear!, Oh!, reserve, rock, roll, rolling from side to side, room, shake, slow swaying, slowly, softly, stingy ways, swing, swinging, Thank God!, time, tremble, vibrate, waver, wobbling), 別れ目 (fork, junction, parting of the ways, turning point), 古意 (ancient ways, the feelings of the ancients), 魔道 (evil ways, heresy), 何呉と (in various ways), 何呉と無く (in various ways), 何くれとなく (in various ways), 幾通り (number of ways), 昨非今是 (complete reversal of values or ways of thinking), 悪の道へ誘う (to lead astray, to lure a person to evil ways), 泣き別れ (come to grief, go separate ways, have to take a different tack, part in tears), 人間万事塞翁が馬 (fortune is unpredictable and changeable, inscrutable are the ways of heaven), 二道 (branch roads, crossroads, forked roads, two ways), 二通り (duplicate pair, two kinds, two ways, twofold), 行き帰り (both ways, going and returning), 固陋 (dislike of new things, narrow-mindedness, stubbornly sticking to old ways). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せけんしらず (to ignorance of the ways of the world), ゆきかえり (both ways, going and returning, round trip), わかれみち (branch, branch road, crossroads, forked road, parting of the ways, turning point), わかれじ (one's way after the parting, parting of the ways, the way to hades), わかれめ (fork, junction, parting of the ways, turning point), あくのみちへいざなう (to lead astray, to lure a person to evil ways), りょうよう (Atlantic and Pacific, both ways, dual use, medical treatment, Orient and Occident, recuperation, two kinds, two ways), ころう (dislike of new things, elders, greedy and cruel man, narrow-mindedness, old people, old-timer, seniors, stubbornly sticking to old ways, wild beasts), こい (ancient ways, bad faith, carp, dense, entreaty, intention, love, purpose, request, strong, tender passion, the feelings of the ancients, thick), やりかたがしぶい (stingy ways), せじょう (human nature, locking, the ways of the world, the world), おんなのさが (the ways of women), にんげんばんじさいおうがうま (fortune is unpredictable and changeable, inscrutable are the ways of heaven), ふたとおり (duplicate pair, two kinds, two ways, twofold), ふたみち (branch roads, crossroads, forked roads, two ways), ぶんきてん (crossroads, division point, junction, parting of ways), さくひこんぜ (complete reversal of values or ways of thinking), まどう (evil ways, heresy, to be puzzled), なにくれと (in various ways), なにくれとなく (in various ways), なきわかれ (come to grief, go separate ways, have to take a different tack, part in tears), いくとおり (number of ways). (various references)

Korean 

방법 (manner, manners, method, Methods, Way). (various references)

Manx

Crosh ny Kiare Raaidyn (Cross Four Ways). (various references)

Pig Latin

aysway.(various references)

Portuguese

guiamento por contacto (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way), elevador de toros. (various references)

Romanian

se îndrepta (bear, bear in with, draw, head, line out, make, make for, mend one's ways, stand, straighten, take to, trend towards, unbend), la rãscruce de drumuri (at the parting of the ways), cãi indirecte (oblique ways), cãi şi mijloace (ways and means), articolul poate fi interpretat în ambele sensuri (the clause reads both ways). (various references)

Russian 

путь;способ (way). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

na različite načine (different ways). (various references)

Spanish

modos, guías (guidebooks), guía por contacto (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way), guía deslizante (guide track, guide way, rolling guide, slide, slide way, slide ways, slideway, sliding guide, way). (various references)

Swedish

sätt (condition, course, fashion, manner, means, mode, plan, set, way), vägar (roads). (various references)

Turkish

yollar ve yöntemler (ways and means), yol ayrımı (parting of the ways, turnout), yararı kadar zararı da var (cuts both ways, it cuts both ways), kazanma yolları (winning ways), kazandıran yöntemler (winning ways), hareketlerini düzelt (mend your ways). (various references)

mores, morium, mores; morium, vetera, veteri, veteribus, veteris, veterum, vetus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "ways": wayside, waysides. (additional references)

Words ending with "ways": airways, aisleways, alleyways, always, anyways, archways, areaways, beltways, bendways, bikeways, breakaways, breezeways, byways, cableways, caraways, carriageways, castaways, causeways, cogways, companionways, cornerways, crawlways, crossways, cutaways, doorways, driveways, edgeways, endways, entranceways, entryways, expressways, fadeaways, fairways, fallaways, fishways, flatways, floodways, flyaways, flyways, folkways, foodways, footways, freeways, gangways, gateways, getaways, giveaways, greenways, guideways, hallways, hatchways. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Ways" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aways, awis, ayz, Owais, wabs, wafs, waic, waise, waish, wasi, waso, wass, wasu, wasy, waus, wavs, waws, wawy, waxs, waya, wayb, wayd, waye, wayes, wayest, wayg, wayi, waym, wayn, wayo, wayt, wazy, weiz, weye, Weymss, weys, wigys, wosy, woys, wyap, wyat, wys, wyst, wyz. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sway, yaws.

-1 letter: ays, saw, say, was, way, yaw.

-2 letters: as, aw, ay, ya.

+1 letter: gawsy, swamy, sways, washy, waspy, yawls, yawns, yawps.

+2 letters: always, bylaws, byways, noways, psywar, sawfly, sawney, sawyer, seaway, skyway, strawy, subway, swabby, swampy, swanky, swarty, swayed, swayer, sweaty, wastry, waveys.

+3 letters: airways, anyways, anywise, bewrays, byelaws, cogways, endways, eyewash, fishway, flyways, hawkeys, haymows, keyways, lawyers, leeways, logways, midways, oilways, psywars, runways, sallowy, sawneys, sawyers, scrawly, scrawny, seaways, shadowy, shipway, sideway, skidway, skywalk, skyward, skyways, slipway, someway, sprawly, subways, swarthy, swayers, swayful, swaying, tawneys, washday, waspily, wastery, waylays, wayless, wayside, weasely, whydahs, yarrows, yawners, yawpers.