8-letter words containing a, y, w
- waterily — In a watery manner.
- waterway — a river, canal, or other body of water serving as a route or way of travel or transport.
- waverley — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
- waxberry — the wax myrtle or the bayberry.
- way port — a port of call on a particular route
- way-cool — outstanding; excellent; marvellous
- waybills — Plural form of waybill.
- wayboard — a thin geological seam separating larger strata
- waycross — a city in SE Georgia.
- wayfarer — a traveler, especially on foot.
- waygoing — the act of leaving; departure; leavetaking.
- wayleave — a right of way over or under another's ground or property, as for transporting minerals from a mine.
- wayleggo — away here! let go!; a shepherd's call to a dog on completion of a task
- waymarks — Plural form of waymark.
- waypoint — a place or point between major points on a route.
- waysides — Plural form of wayside.
- waywiser — a device formerly used for measuring distance travelled by road
- wealthys — a variety of red apple, grown in the U.S., ripening in early autumn.
- weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
- wearying — Causing tiredness; tiring.
- weaselly — resembling a weasel, especially in features or manner: a weaselly little clerk with furtive eyes.
- weekdays — every day, especially Monday through Friday, during the workweek: Weekdays we're open from nine till five.
- welladay — woe! alas!
- wellaway — woe! alas!
- wesleyan — of or relating to John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
- whaddaya — Eye dialect of what do you
- wheatley — Phillis [fil-is] /ˈfɪl ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1753?–84, American poet, born in Africa; probably Senegal.
- wheyface — a face that or a person who is pallid, as from fear.
- whichway — every (def 6).
- whinyard — a sword
- wick bay — an inlet of the North Sea in N Scotland
- wild yam — any of several uncultivated yams, especially Dioscorea villosa, of the U.S., having a woody, tuberous root.
- willyard — obstinate; willful.
- willywaw — Alternative form of williwaw.
- with pay — with wages or salary included
- wizardly — of, like, or befitting a wizard.
- wizardry — the art, skill, or accomplishments of a wizard.
- wood ray — xylem ray.
- woodyard — A yard where wood is chopped or stored.
- wordplay — clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
- workably — In an workable fashion.
- workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
- workdays — Plural form of workday.
- wrathily — in a wrathful or angry manner
- yardwork — (North America) Work done in maintaining a lawn, and related landscaping activities.
- yawmeter — an instrument that measures the yaw of an aircraft.
- yawnsome — dull and boring; tiresome
- you what — People say 'you what?' to indicate that they do not believe or accept the remark that someone has just made, or that they have not heard or understood it properly.