8-letter words containing d, e, w
- midwifed — (rare) Simple past tense and past participle of midwife More commonly midwived.
- midwives — Plural form of midwife.
- mildewed — Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
- milkweed — any of several plants that secrete a milky juice or latex, especially those of the genus Asclepias, as A. syriaca. Compare milkweed family.
- mindware — The mental knowledge and procedures that a person uses to solve problems or make decisions.
- mindwipe — (transitive, science fiction) To erase the memories and personality, while still leaving an intact, living brain and body. This is frequently portrayed as a form of capital punishment, which leaves an viable body into which a different personality or mind can be uploaded.
- miswired — Wired incorrectly.
- narrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of narrow.
- neckdown — An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
- neckweed — a type of flowering weed (Veronica peregrine) native to North America
- new deal — the principles of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, especially those advocated under the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for economic recovery and social reforms.
- newfound — newly found or discovered: newfound friends.
- newlands — John Alexander. 1838–98, British chemist: classified the elements in order of their atomic weight, noticing similarities in every eighth and thus discovering his law of octaves
- newlywed — a person who has recently married.
- newsdesk — the department of a newspaper, television, etc., that writes, edits, or releases news, especially late-breaking news or important bulletins.
- newsfeed — (Internet) A feed, especially one providing news content.
- newslady — A newswoman.
- obwalden — one of the two divisions of the canton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 189 sq. mi. (490 sq. km). Capital: Sarnen.
- old west — the western region of the U.S., especially in the frontier period of the 19th century.
- one-down — having conceded an advantage or lead to someone or something
- outdwell — to last longer than
- outlawed — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- ovenwood — brushwood; deadwood fit only for burning.
- overawed — Impress (someone) so much that they become silent or inhibited.
- overdraw — to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account.
- overdrew — Simple past form of overdraw.
- overlewd — too lewd
- overwide — too wide
- overwind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- overword — a word that is repeated, as a refrain in a song.
- pearwood — the hard, fine-grained, reddish wood of the pear tree, used for ornamentation, small articles of furniture, and musical instruments.
- peg down — to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules
- pinewood — the wood of a pine.
- pokeweed — a tall herb, Phytolacca americana, of North America, having juicy purple berries and a purple root used in medicine, and young edible shoots resembling asparagus.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- pondweed — any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, most species of which grow in ponds and quiet streams.
- powdered — finely granulated
- pre-dawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
- pre-draw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- predrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- preowned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- prewired — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- radwaste — radioactive waste.
- raw deal — unjust treatment
- raw mode — (operating system) A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an I/O device without any processing, abstraction, or interpretation by the operating system. Systems that make this distinction for a disk file are generally regarded as broken. Compare rare mode, cooked mode.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- re-endow — to endow again
- read law — to study to become a lawyer
- rearward — Also, rearwards. toward or in the rear.
- red snow — snow that has acquired a red color either from airborne particles of red dust or from a type of alga that contains a red pigment.