8-letter words containing e, w, a
- wahpeton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- waiflike — Resembling a waif; apparently homeless, starving, etc.
- wailsome — wailful.
- waitered — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waitress — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waivered — Allowed by waiver; permitted by exception granted from otherwise applicable rules.
- wakeless — (of sleep) sound; deep: He lay in wakeless sleep.
- wakening — awakening.
- wakeover — A sleepover party in a public place, such as a church, at which little or no sleep actually gets done.
- wakerife — wakeful.
- waldheim — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1918–2007, Austrian diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations 1972–82; president of Austria 1986–92.
- walkable — capable of being traveled, crossed, or covered by walking: a walkable road; a walkable distance.
- walkless — (baseball) Without a walk.
- walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- walkyrie — Valkyrie.
- wall rue — a small, delicate fern, Asplenium rutamuraria, having fan-shaped leaflets and growing on walls and cliffs.
- wallasey — a city in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary, opposite Liverpool.
- wallenda — Karl [kahrl;; German kahrl] /kɑrl;; German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1905–78, German circus aerialist.
- walleyed — having eyes in which there is an abnormal amount of the white showing, because of divergent strabismus.
- walleyes — Plural form of walleye.
- walloped — to beat soundly; thrash.
- walloper — to beat soundly; thrash.
- wallowed — Simple past tense and past participle of wallow.
- wallower — a person or thing that wallows.
- wallsend — a city in Tyne and Wear, NE England, near the mouth of the Tyne River.
- walruses — Plural form of walrus.
- waltzers — Plural form of waltzer.
- wandered — to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
- wanderer — a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
- wanderoo — any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
- wanhsien — Wade-Giles. Wanxian.
- wannabee — wannabe.
- wannabes — Plural form of wannabe.
- wantless — (archaic) Having no want; abundant; fruitful.
- wantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of wanton.
- wantoner — someone who behaves in a wanton manner
- wanweird — (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Misfortune; ill or unhappy fate.
- war game — a simulated military operation, carried out to test the validity of a war plan or operational concept: in its simplest form, two opposing teams of officers take part, and when necessary, military units of the required strength are employed.
- war hero — a person who is admired for bravery in war
- war nose — the explosive forward section of a projectile, as of a torpedo or shell; warhead.
- war zone — (during wartime) a combat area in which the rights of neutrals are suspended, as such an area on the high seas, where ships flying a neutral flag are subject to attack.
- warblers — Plural form of warbler.
- wardenry — the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.
- wardmate — A pal met while staying at a hospital.
- wardmote — (historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.
- wardress — a woman who is a warder.
- wardrobe — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- wareless — careless
- wareroom — a room in which goods are stored or are displayed for sale.
- warfarer — a person engaged in warfare; a warrior