8-letter words containing a, h, w, i
- sea whip — a gorgonian coral that forms a flexible colony resembling shrubbery on the ocean floor.
- 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.
- shawties — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- swadeshi — a political movement in British India that encouraged domestic production and the boycott of foreign, especially British, goods as a step toward home rule.
- swashing — Printing. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter.
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- tarwhine — a bream, Rhabdosargus sarba, of E Australia, silver in colour with gold streaks
- the wain — Charles's Wain
- thisaway — this way; in this direction.
- thrawing — British Dialect. to throw.
- tightwad — a close-fisted or stingy person.
- walachia — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- waldheim — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1918–2007, Austrian diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations 1972–82; president of Austria 1986–92.
- wallfish — a snail, Helix pomatia
- wanhsien — Wade-Giles. Wanxian.
- wanthill — a molehill
- wardship — guardianship; custody.
- warships — Plural form of warship.
- washings — the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution.
- watch it — You say 'watch it' in order to warn someone to be careful, especially when you want to threaten them about what will happen if they are not careful.
- 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.
- waterish — somewhat, or tending to be, watery.
- weakfish — any food fish of the genus Cynoscion, as C. regalis, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
- weighage — a duty paid for weighing goods
- weighman — a person whose occupation is weighing goods, produce, etc.
- whacking — large.
- whakairo — the art of carving
- whammies — Plural form of whammy.
- 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.
- whatsits — Plural form of whatsit.
- wheatish — (of the complexion) of the pale golden colour of ripe wheat; light brown.
- whichway — every (def 6).
- whimwham — any odd or fanciful object or thing; a gimcrack.
- whinchat — a small Old World thrush, Saxicola rubetra, having a buff-colored breast and white streaks in the tail.
- whinyard — a sword
- whipjack — a beggar imitating a distressed sailor
- whiplash — the lash of a whip.
- whipsaws — Plural form of whipsaw.
- whiptail — any of numerous New World lizards of the family Teiidae, especially of the genus Cnemidophorus, characterized by great agility and alertness.
- whirlbat — a weapon used in medieval times
- whitaker — a male given name.
- whitecap — a wave with a broken and foaming white crest.
- whitelaw — William (Stephen Ian), 1st Viscount Whitelaw of Penrith. 1918–99, British Conservative politician; Home Secretary (1979–83); leader of the House of Lords (1983–88)
- whiteman — Paul ("Pops") 1891–1967, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- whitrack — a weasel; ermine or stoat.
- whizbang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.