8-letter words containing e, w, a
- eschewal — The act of eschewing.
- everyway — (dated) In every way, however possible.
- eyewater — a lotion for the eyes
- face bow — a device for determining the relationship of the maxillae to the mandibular joint.
- face-bow — a device for determining the relationship of the maxillae to the mandibular joint.
- facedown — with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
- faceward — Toward the face.
- facework — The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
- fadeaway — an act or instance of fading away.
- fairview — a town in NE New Jersey.
- fallower — A person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
- far west — the area of the U.S. west of the Great Plains.
- fare war — a period of intense competition among airlines, characterized by repeated fare reductions rather than advertising, brand promotion, etc
- farewell — Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
- farmwife — the wife of a farmer
- farrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of farrow.
- fernshaw — a thicket of ferns
- finedraw — (transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- flatware — utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- flatwise — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- flawless — having no defects or faults, especially none that diminish the value of something: a flawless Ming Dynasty vase.
- flaxweed — Toadflax.
- fleawort — a European plantain, Plantago psyllium, having seeds that are used in medicine.
- flowable — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- flowrate — The flowrate is the speed at which fluid in a pipe moves, or the speed at which it moves from a reservoir into a wellbore.
- footwear — articles to be worn on the feet, as shoes, slippers, or boots.
- forepaws — Plural form of forepaw.
- forewall — The foremost outer wall of a fortification.
- foreward — (obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.
- forewarn — to warn in advance.
- forswear — to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
- forwaste — to waste completely
- forweary — to exhaust
- freeware — computer software distributed without charge.
- freeways — Plural form of freeway.
- fret saw — a long, narrow-bladed saw used to cut ornamental work from thin wood. Compare coping saw.
- game law — a law enacted for the preservation of game, as by restricting the number and kinds of game that may be taken and by designating periods of the year when specified game may be taken.
- gamefowl — A gamebird.
- gapeworm — a nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that causes gapes.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- gas well — a well from which natural gas is obtained.
- gateways — Plural form of gateway.
- gawkiest — Superlative form of gawky.
- get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- getaways — Plural form of getaway.
- gewgawed — something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.