8-letter words containing e, n, w
- winnetka — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- winnipeg — a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.
- winnowed — Simple past tense and past participle of winnow.
- winnower — to free (grain) from the lighter particles of chaff, dirt, etc., especially by throwing it into the air and allowing the wind or a forced current of air to blow away impurities.
- 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).
- winterer — (biology) Any animal (but especially any bird) that visits or resides in a specified location during the winter.
- winterly — of, relating to, or occurring in winter; hibernal.
- wintrier — Comparative form of wintry.
- wireline — A telegraph or telephone wire.
- wirespun — drawn out as wire is.
- wiriness — The state of being wiry.
- wiseling — someone who claims to be wise; a wiseacre
- wiseness — The state, quality, or measure of being wise; wisdom.
- wishbone — a forked bone, formed by the fusion of the two clavicles, in front of the breastbone in most birds; furcula.
- withness — (philosophy) The quality of being or doing with something.
- witnesse — Archaic spelling of witness.
- wizening — Present participle of wizen.
- wobegone — woebegone.
- wolfbane — See 'wolfsbane'.
- womanise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of womanize.
- womanize — to make effeminate.
- wondered — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- wonderer — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- wonderly — (obsolete) Wonderfully, in a wonderful manner.
- wonkfest — A self-congratulatory meeting of wonks (overly studious individuals).
- wonkiest — Superlative form of wonky.
- wontedly — Usually, customarily, or habitually.
- wontless — unaccustomed
- woodbine — any of several climbing vines, as a European honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, or the Virginia creeper of North America.
- woodenly — consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.
- woodfern — An evergreen fern with leathery dark-green fronds.
- woodness — insanity, madness, or fury
- woodnote — a wild or natural musical tone, as that of a forest bird.
- woodsmen — Plural form of woodsman.
- woodtone — having a finish painted, dyed, printed, etc., to imitate the pattern or color of wood; woodgrain: a woodtone instrument panel in a car.
- woollens — Fabrics or clothing made from wool.
- worsened — Simple past tense and past participle of worsen.
- wounders — Plural form of wounder.
- wrangell — Mount, an active volcano in SE Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. 14,006 feet (4269 meters).
- wrangled — to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
- wrangler — a cowboy, especially one in charge of saddle horses.
- wrangles — Plural form of wrangle.
- wreaking — to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.): They wreaked havoc on the enemy.
- wreathen — Twisted; made into a wreath.
- wrecking — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- wren-tit — a small, brown bird, Chamaea fasciata, of the western U.S., resembling a wren and a titmouse, and having a long, tapered tail.
- wrenched — to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist: He wrenched the prisoner's wrist.
- wrencher — One who, or that which, wrenches.
- wresting — Present participle of wrest.
- wringers — Plural form of wringer.