8-letter words containing e, w, a
- jawboner — a person who jawbones
- jawbones — Plural form of jawbone.
- jawlines — Plural form of jawline.
- jet wash — Aeronautics. the backwash caused by a jet engine.
- jigsawed — Simple past tense and past participle of jigsaw.
- kalewife — a female vegetable or cabbage seller
- kangwane — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa; abolished in 1994. Capital: Schoemansdal
- katowice — a city in S Poland.
- keewatin — a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).
- knapweed — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- knifejaw — Any of the family Oplegnathidae of perciform marine fish.
- knitwear — clothing made of knitted fabric.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- kweiyang — Guiyang.
- lacewing — any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper-colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- lacewood — the quartersawed wood of the sycamore tree.
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- lakewood — a city in central Colorado, near Denver.
- landwehr — (in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- lane-way — a lane
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- latewood — Wood formed in a tree relatively late in the season.
- law term — an expression or word used in law
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- lawmaker — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- lawndale — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- lawnlike — Resembling or characteristic of a lawn.
- lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- lawyered — Simple past tense and past participle of lawyer.
- lawyerly — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
- laywomen — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- leafworm — A caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.
- lee wave — the wavelike effect, characterized by severe updrafts and downdrafts, that occurs when rapidly flowing air encounters the steep front of a mountain range.
- leewards — towards the lee side
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- lewisham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- liveware — /li:v'weir/ 1. A less common synonym for wetware 2. (Cambridge) Vermin. "Waiter, there's some liveware in my salad."
- longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
- low beam — an automobile headlight beam providing short-range illumination of a road and intended chiefly for use in driving on the streets of cities, towns, etc.
- low gear — the arrangement of gears providing little speed but great torque
- low-rate — to place a low value on: a policy of low-rating most modern artists.
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- madwomen — Plural form of madwoman.
- mae west — Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.
- make way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- makework — Alternative form of make-work.
- male cow — a bull.