8-letter words containing h, a, w
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- szechwan — Sichuan.
- tamworth — a city in E Australia.
- tarwhine — a bream, Rhabdosargus sarba, of E Australia, silver in colour with gold streaks
- that way — (used with adjectives and adverbs of quantity or extent) to the extent or degree indicated: that much; The fish was that big.
- thataway — in or toward the direction pointed out: The outlaws went thataway when they rode out of town.
- thaw out — defreeze
- the jaws — a dangerously close position
- the skaw — a cape at the N tip of Denmark
- the swan — the constellation Cygnus
- the waca — this Association's cricket ground in Perth
- the wain — Charles's Wain
- the wash — a shallow inlet of the North Sea on the E coast of England, between Lincolnshire and Norfolk
- thisaway — this way; in this direction.
- thraward — contrary, stubborn or obstinate
- thrawart — obstinate or intractable.
- thrawing — British Dialect. to throw.
- thrawnly — in a thrawn, contrary or perverse manner
- thwartly — sideways or crosswise
- tightwad — a close-fisted or stingy person.
- tomahawk — a light ax used by the North American Indians as a weapon and tool.
- townhall — a hall or building belonging to a town, used for the transaction of the town's business and often also as a place of public assembly.
- unhallow — to desecrate; profane.
- unshadow — to remove a shadow from
- unswathe — to free from something that swathes: to unswath the child of her bandages.
- unthawed — not thawed; still frozen
- unwashed — not cleaned or purified by or as if by washing: unwashed dishes; the unwashed soul of a sinner.
- wahpeton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- wakashan — a family of American Indian languages spoken in British Columbia and Washington and including especially Kwakiutl and Nootka.
- walachia — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- 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.
- waldhorn — an organ reed stop
- walhalla — Valhalla.
- walkthru — (US) alternative spelling of walkthrough.
- wallfish — a snail, Helix pomatia
- wanchuan — Wade-Giles. former name of Zhangjiakou.
- wangchuk — Jigme Dorji [jig-mey dawr-jee] /ˈdʒɪg meɪ ˈdɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1929–72, king of Bhutan 1952–72.
- wanhsien — Wade-Giles. Wanxian.
- wanthill — a molehill
- wanworth — an inexpensive purchase
- war hawk — hawk1 (def 4).
- war hero — a person who is admired for bravery in war
- waratahs — Plural form of waratah.
- wardship — guardianship; custody.
- warhable — able to fight in war
- warheads — Plural form of warhead.
- warhorse — a horse used in war; charger.
- warmouth — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gulosus, of the eastern U.S., having a patch of small teeth on its tongue.
- warships — Plural form of warship.
- wart hog — wild boar with tusks