8-letter words containing a, h, n
- vacherin — a soft French or Swiss cheese made from cows' milk
- vallhund — a breed of small herding dog, originally from Sweden
- vamphorn — a megaphone in use during the 18th and early 19th centuries for public address in church services.
- van gogh — Vincent [vin-suh nt;; Dutch vin-sent] /ˈvɪn sənt;; Dutch vɪnˈsɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1853–90, Dutch painter.
- vanbrugh — John, 1664–1726, English dramatist and architect.
- vanished — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- vanquish — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- varginha — a city in E Brazil.
- varnishy — glossy; like varnish
- verandah — Also, verandah. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.
- wahpeton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- wakashan — a family of American Indian languages spoken in British Columbia and Washington and including especially Kwakiutl and Nootka.
- waldhorn — an organ reed stop
- wanchuan — Wade-Giles. former name of Zhangjiakou.
- wangchuk — Jigme Dorji [jig-mey dawr-jee] /ˈdʒɪg meɪ ˈdɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1929–72, king of Bhutan 1952–72.
- wanhsien — Wade-Giles. Wanxian.
- wanthill — a molehill
- wanworth — an inexpensive purchase
- washdown — the act or process of washing down, as in cleaning something completely.
- washings — the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution.
- washland — a periodically flooded plain
- watching — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- watchman — a person who keeps guard over a building at night, to protect it from fire, vandals, or thieves.
- watchmen — a person who keeps guard over a building at night, to protect it from fire, vandals, or thieves.
- waterhen — An aquatic rail, especially a moorhen or related bird.
- weighman — a person whose occupation is weighing goods, produce, etc.
- welchman — Welshman.
- welshman — a native or inhabitant of Wales.
- whacking — large.
- whaleman — a person whose occupation is whaling; whaler.
- whangees — Plural form of whangee.
- whanging — a resounding blow.
- whapping — whopping.
- wharenui — An ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of a tupuna, forming part of the larger marae complex.
- wharfing — Wharfs collectively.
- wharfman — A man who works on a wharf.
- whatness — (philosophy) Essence; quiddity.
- whatnots — Plural form of whatnot.
- wheelman — Also, wheelsman [hweelz-muh n, weel-] /ˈʰwilz mən, ˈwil-/ (Show IPA). a helmsman or steersman.
- whinchat — a small Old World thrush, Saxicola rubetra, having a buff-colored breast and white streaks in the tail.
- whinyard — a sword
- whiteman — Paul ("Pops") 1891–1967, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- whizbang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- wightman — Hazel Hotchkiss, 1886–1974, U.S. tennis player.
- winchman — a man who operates a winch
- womanish — womanlike or feminine.
- wreathen — Twisted; made into a wreath.
- xanthans — a water-soluble natural gum produced by the fermentation of sugar with certain microorganisms and used as a binder, extender, or stabilizer in foods and other products.
- xanthate — a salt or ester of xanthic acid.
- xanthein — the part of the coloring matter in yellow flowers that is soluble in water. Compare xanthin (def 1).