8-letter words containing g, w
- cowlings — Plural form of cowling.
- crawling — a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging
- crowding — a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.
- crowning — the stage of labour when the infant's head is passing through the vaginal opening
- dawdling — proceeding at a slow pace
- dawnings — Plural form of dawning.
- dog show — a competitive event in which dogs are exhibited and judged by an established standard or set of ideals prescribed for each breed.
- dog wolf — a male wolf
- dog work — tedious labor; drudgery.
- dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
- dogwoods — Plural form of dogwood.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- doweling — Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
- dowering — Present participle of dower.
- drangway — a narrow lane; passageway
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- drawling — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- drowning — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- dwarfing — Present participle of dwarf.
- dwelling — Machinery. a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
- earwiggy — having an infestation or a swarm of earwigs
- earywigs — Plural form of earywig.
- edgeways — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- edgewise — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- edgewood — a city in NE Maryland, near Baltimore.
- eggwhisk — A kitchen utensil made of multiple loops of wire used to beat eggs.
- elbowing — Present participle of elbow.
- endowing — Present participle of endow.
- fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.
- figworts — Plural form of figwort.
- forewing — either of the anterior and usually smaller pair of wings of an insect having four wings.
- fowliang — Older Spelling. former name of Jingdezhen.
- frowning — Present participle of frown.
- gadwalls — Plural form of gadwall.
- galloway — a historic region in SW Scotland.
- 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.
- gang saw — a saw having several parallel blades for making simultaneous cuts.
- gang way — if someone calls out gang way! they are asking people to make way or clear a path
- gangways — Plural form of gangway.
- gapeworm — a nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that causes gapes.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- gas laws — ideal gas law.
- gas well — a well from which natural gas is obtained.
- gasworks — a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.
- gateways — Plural form of gateway.
- gawkiest — Superlative form of gawky.
- gaywings — fringed polygala.
- gee whiz — People sometimes say gee whiz in order to express a strong reaction to something or to introduce a remark or response.