8-letter words containing a, r, w, d
- redwater — a disease of cattle caused by the protozoan Babesia (or Piroplasma) bovis, which destroys the red blood cells, characterized by the passage of red or blackish urine. It is transmitted by tick bites
- rereward — rearward (defs 2, 3).
- rewarded — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- rewarder — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- 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.
- scrawled — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- seawards — Also, seawards. toward the sea: a storm moving seaward.
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.
- 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
- sideward — directed or moving toward one side.
- sowbread — any of several species of cyclamen, especially Cyclamen hederifolium, a low-growing Old World plant having mottled leaves and pink or white flowers.
- sprawled — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- subdwarf — a star which is smaller than a dwarf star
- sunwards — Also, sunwards. toward the sun.
- swaddler — a blanket in which to swaddle a baby
- swanherd — a person who tends swans.
- swanndri — an all-weather heavy woollen shirt
- swordman — swordsman.
- teardown — a taking apart; disassembly.
- thraward — contrary, stubborn or obstinate
- towardly — apt to learn; promising.
- twaddler — trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
- underjaw — the lower jaw
- underway — occurring while under way: the underway activities on a cruise ship.
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- unwarded — not warded or guarded; undefended
- unwarmed — not warmed; unheated
- unwarned — not warned or cautioned; without warning
- unwarped — not warped, as a phonograph record or flooring.
- waitered — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waivered — Allowed by waiver; permitted by exception granted from otherwise applicable rules.
- waldhorn — an organ reed stop
- waldrapp — the hermit ibis, Geronticus eremita, found in parts of N Africa and the Middle East
- wandered — to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
- wanderer — a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
- wanderoo — any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
- wanweird — (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Misfortune; ill or unhappy fate.
- 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
- wardenry — the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.
- wardmate — A pal met while staying at a hospital.
- wardmote — (historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.