8-letter words containing a, r, d, w, o
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- loanword — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- low road — a method, manner, etc., that is underhand, unscrupulous, or otherwise contemptible.
- madworts — Plural form of madwort.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- moonward — Also, moonwards. toward the moon: turned their eyes moonward.
- narrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of narrow.
- onwardly — moving forward; advancing
- 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.
- overawed — Impress (someone) so much that they become silent or inhibited.
- overdraw — to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account.
- password — a secret word or expression used by authorized persons to prove their right to access, information, etc.
- pearwood — the hard, fine-grained, reddish wood of the pear tree, used for ornamentation, small articles of furniture, and musical instruments.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- quadword — (computing) A numerical value of four times the magnitude of a word, thus typically 64 bits.
- raw mode — (operating system) A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an I/O device without any processing, abstraction, or interpretation by the operating system. Systems that make this distinction for a disk file are generally regarded as broken. Compare rare mode, cooked mode.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- roadshow — travelling entertainment
- roadwork — work, as construction or repairs, done on a road.
- romeward — to or toward Rome or the Roman Catholic Church.
- 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.
- shadower — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed
- sowbread — any of several species of cyclamen, especially Cyclamen hederifolium, a low-growing Old World plant having mottled leaves and pink or white flowers.
- swordman — swordsman.
- teardown — a taking apart; disassembly.
- towardly — apt to learn; promising.
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- waldhorn — an organ reed stop
- wanderoo — any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
- wanwordy — without merit
- war bond — debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war
- ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- wardcorn — a payment of corn in the feudal law system
- wardmote — (historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.
- wardrobe — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- wardroom — the area serving as the living quarters for all commissioned officers except the commanding officer.
- warlords — Plural form of warlord.
- waterdog — any of several large salamanders, as a mudpuppy or hellbender.
- wayboard — a thin geological seam separating larger strata
- webboard — an internet site where users can post messages, tutorials, information, and topics for discussion
- wood ear — tree ear
- wood rat — pack rat (def 1).
- wood ray — xylem ray.
- wood tar — a dark viscid product obtained from wood by distillation or by slow burning without flame, used in its natural state to preserve timber, rope, etc., or subjected to further distillation to yield creosote, oils, and a final residuum, wood pitch.
- woodlark — a small, European songbird, Lullula arborea, noted for its song in flight.
- woodward — C(omer) Vann, 1908–99, U.S. historian.