8-letter words containing a, w, y
- eyewater — a lotion for the eyes
- fadeaway — an act or instance of fading away.
- fairways — Plural form of fairway.
- fallaway — a shot in basketball made while moving away from the basket
- fishways — Plural form of fishway.
- flatways — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- floodway — the channel and adjacent shore areas under water during a flood, especially as determined for a flood of a given height.
- fly swat — fly swatter.
- foldaway — designed to be folded out of the way when not in use: a foldaway bed.
- folkways — The traditional behavior or way of life of a particular community or group of people.
- foodways — the customs and traditions relating to food and its preparation
- footways — Plural form of footway.
- forweary — to exhaust
- four-way — providing access or passage in four directions: a four-way entrance.
- freeways — Plural form of freeway.
- galloway — a historic region in SW Scotland.
- gang way — if someone calls out gang way! they are asking people to make way or clear a path
- gangways — Plural form of gangway.
- gateways — Plural form of gateway.
- gaywings — fringed polygala.
- get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- getaways — Plural form of getaway.
- give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- giveaway — an act or instance of giving something away.
- greenway — any scenic trail or route set aside for travel or recreational activities.
- guideway — a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- hallways — Plural form of hallway.
- hatchway — Nautical. hatch2 (def 1a).
- hathaway — Anne, 1557–1623, the wife of William Shakespeare.
- hawk-eye — a dark-blue chatoyant quartz formed by the silicification of crocidolite, used for ornamental purposes. Compare tiger's-eye (def 1).
- hayakawa — S(amuel) I(chiye) [ih-chee-ey] /ɪˈtʃi eɪ/ (Show IPA), 1906–92, U.S. semanticist, educator, and politician, born in Canada: senator 1977–83.
- hayworth — Rita (Margarita Carmen Cansino) 1918–87, U.S. dancer and actress.
- hereaway — hereabout.
- hideaway — a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains.
- highways — Plural form of highway.
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- holy war — a war waged for what is supposed or proclaimed to be a holy purpose, as the defense of faith.
- horseway — a bridleway
- huntaway — a sheep dog.
- in a way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- inwardly — in or on, or with reference to, the inside or inner part; internally.
- jaywalks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaywalk.
- kwan-yin — one of the Chinese female Boddhisattvas, noted for her kindness: often considered an aspect of Avalokitesvara.
- kweiyang — Guiyang.
- lane-way — a lane
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- lawfully — allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law: a lawful enterprise.
- lawyered — Simple past tense and past participle of lawyer.
- lawyerly — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.