8-letter words containing d, e, w
- whinnied — to utter the characteristic cry of a horse; neigh.
- whistled — Simple past tense and past participle of whistle.
- whitened — Simple past tense and past participle of whiten.
- whittled — to cut, trim, or shape (a stick, piece of wood, etc.) by carving off bits with a knife.
- whooshed — Simple past tense and past participle of whoosh.
- whoredom — the activity or state of whoring.
- wickeder — evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- wickedly — evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- wide boy — A wide boy is a man, especially a young man, who has a lot of money but who earns it in a dishonest or illegal way.
- wideband — Describing a communications transmission rate between that of narrowband and broadband.
- widebody — a jet airliner having a fuselage wide enough to allow passenger seating to be divided by two aisles running from front to back.
- wideness — The state or quality of being wide.
- widening — Of things that are growing wider.
- widgeons — Plural form of widgeon.
- widowers — Plural form of widower.
- wielders — Plural form of wielder.
- wielding — to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
- wifehood — the state of being a wife.
- wild rye — any grass of the genus Elymus, somewhat resembling rye.
- wildered — to cause to lose one's way.
- wildfire — a highly flammable composition, as Greek fire, difficult to extinguish when ignited, formerly used in warfare.
- wildlife — undomesticated animals living in the wild, including those hunted for food, sport, or profit.
- wildness — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- willowed — any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, characterized by narrow, lance-shaped leaves and dense catkins bearing small flowers, many species having tough, pliable twigs or branches used for wickerwork, etc. Compare willow family.
- wind tee — a large weather vane shaped like a T, located at an airfield to indicate the wind direction
- windable — that can be wound.
- windages — Plural form of windage.
- windbell — a bell forming part of a set of wind chimes
- windhoek — a republic in SW Africa: a former German protectorate; a mandate of South Africa 1920–66; gained independence 1990. 318,261 sq. mi. (824,296 sq. km). Capital: Windhoek.
- windiest — accompanied or characterized by wind: a windy day.
- windless — without wind; calm: a windless summer afternoon.
- windowed — Having a window or windows for admitting light or air.
- windpipe — the trachea of an air-breathing vertebrate.
- windrode — riding with the force of the wind.
- windrose — Alternative spelling of wind rose.
- wine red — a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
- wined up — having drunk enough wine to be intoxicated
- winfield — a town in S Kansas.
- wingedly — in a winged manner, as if furnished with wings
- winifred — a female given name.
- winnowed — Simple past tense and past participle of winnow.
- wintered — the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).
- wiredraw — to draw (metal) out into wire, especially by pulling forcibly through a series of holes of gradually decreasing diameter in a succession of dies.
- wisedome — Obsolete spelling of wisdom.
- withdrew — simple past tense of withdraw.
- withered — (of a plant) Become dry and shriveled.
- witherod — a N American deciduous shrub, Viburnum nudum, of the honeysuckle family
- withheld — to hold back; restrain or check.
- wittered — Simple past tense and past participle of witter.
- wondered — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.