8-letter words containing a, t, r, o
- wear out — the act of wearing; use, as of a garment: articles for winter wear; I've had a lot of wear out of this coat; I had to throw away the shirt after only three wears.
- wear-out — the act or fact of wearing out; a worn-out condition: wear-out at the knees of pants.
- what for — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- wood rat — pack rat (def 1).
- 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.
- word-art — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
- workboat — a boat used for work or trade rather than sport, public transportation, or military purposes.
- workmate — A person with whom one works.
- wormcast — A small pile of sand or soil, the end product of the breakdown of organic matter by an earthworm.
- x factor — an unknown or unexplained element that makes something more interesting or valuable
- yakitori — a dish of small pieces of boneless chicken, usually marinated, skewered, and grilled.
- yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- zealotry — undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism.
- zoiatria — veterinary surgery
- zoograft — animal tissue grafted to a human body, as in transplants, etc
- zoolatry — the worship of or excessive attention to animals.