8-letter words containing a, w, e
- weedhead — a person who uses a lot of marijuana
- weekdays — every day, especially Monday through Friday, during the workweek: Weekdays we're open from nine till five.
- weigelas — Plural form of weigela.
- weighage — a duty paid for weighing goods
- weighman — a person whose occupation is weighing goods, produce, etc.
- weismann — August [ou-goo st] /ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1834–1914, German biologist.
- weizmann — Chaim [khahy-im] /ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1874–1952, Israeli chemist and Zionist leader, born in Russia: 1st president of Israel 1948–52.
- welchman — Welshman.
- weldable — to unite or fuse (as pieces of metal) by hammering, compressing, or the like, especially after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to be united.
- well-man — a healthy man who attends a clinic or surgery to ensure that his general health, lifestyle, and sexual performance are satisfactory
- welladay — woe! alas!
- wellaway — woe! alas!
- wellfare — Obsolete form of welfare.
- wellhead — a fountainhead; source.
- wellsian — of or relating to the writings of H.G. Wells
- welshman — a native or inhabitant of Wales.
- werebear — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between bear and human form.
- wesleyan — of or relating to John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
- west ham — a former borough, now part of Newham, in SE England, near London.
- westenra — Hayley (Dee). born 1987, New Zealand singer, known for the purity of her voice in many musical genres
- westlake — a city in N Ohio.
- westland — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- westward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west: a westward migration of farm workers.
- wet pack — a type of bath in which wet sheets are applied to the patient.
- wet wash — laundry that has been washed but not dried or ironed. Compare dry wash (def 1).
- wetbacks — Plural form of wetback; a slur towards persons of Mexican descent in the United States.
- wetlands — Plural form of wetland An area or region that is characteristically saturated; a marsh.
- wettable — able to be wetted.
- whaleman — a person whose occupation is whaling; whaler.
- whammies — Plural form of whammy.
- whangees — Plural form of whangee.
- wharenui — An ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of a tupuna, forming part of the larger marae complex.
- wharfage — the use of a wharf: to charge higher rates for wharfage.
- wharves' — a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
- whatever — in any amount; to any extent: whatever merit the work has.
- whatness — (philosophy) Essence; quiddity.
- wheatear — any of several small, chiefly Old World thrushes of the genus Oenanthe, having a distinctive white rump, especially O. oenanthe, of Eurasia and North America.
- wheatish — (of the complexion) of the pale golden colour of ripe wheat; light brown.
- wheatley — Phillis [fil-is] /ˈfɪl ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1753?–84, American poet, born in Africa; probably Senegal.
- wheelman — Also, wheelsman [hweelz-muh n, weel-] /ˈʰwilz mən, ˈwil-/ (Show IPA). a helmsman or steersman.
- wheyface — a face that or a person who is pallid, as from fear.
- 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.
- whompage — (rare humorous slang) Whomping or whomping on; acts of whomping or whomping on, taken collectively.
- wideband — Describing a communications transmission rate between that of narrowband and broadband.
- wigmaker — a person who makes or sells wigs.
- willable — capable of being willed or fixed by will.
- willaert — Adrian [ey-dree-uh n,, ah-dree-ahn] /ˈeɪ dri ən,, ˈɑ driˌɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–1562, Flemish composer.