8-letter words containing h, i, w
- winching — Present participle of winch.
- winchman — a man who operates a winch
- windhoek — a republic in SW Africa: a former German protectorate; a mandate of South Africa 1920–66; gained independence 1990. 318,261 sq. mi. (824,296 sq. km). Capital: Windhoek.
- windship — a ship propelled by wind; a sailing ship
- wineshop — a shop where wine is sold.
- winthrop — John, 1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49.
- wirehair — a fox terrier having a wiry coat.
- wishable — Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable.
- wishbone — a forked bone, formed by the fusion of the two clavicles, in front of the breastbone in most birds; furcula.
- wishless — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- wishlist — A list of desired things.
- wit-hier — a willow.
- witchery — witchcraft; magic.
- witching — a person, now especially a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic or sorcery; a sorceress. Compare warlock.
- with pay — with wages or salary included
- withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- withdrew — simple past tense of withdraw.
- withered — (of a plant) Become dry and shriveled.
- witherod — a N American deciduous shrub, Viburnum nudum, of the honeysuckle family
- withheld — to hold back; restrain or check.
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- withness — (philosophy) The quality of being or doing with something.
- withoute — Archaic spelling of without.
- withwind — a kind of bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis
- wolffish — any large fish of the genus Anarhichas, as A. lupus of the northern Atlantic, allied to the blenny and noted for its ferocious appearance and habits.
- womanish — womanlike or feminine.
- woodchip — a small chip of wood, especially one that flakes off when felling a tree or splitting a log.
- woolwich — a former borough of Greater London, England, now part of Greenwich and Newham: royal military academy and arsenal.
- wooshing — Present participle of woosh.
- wordship — Lb rare The state, condition, or status of a word.
- workship — (archaic) workmanship.
- wormfish — any of several small, slender fishes of the family Microdesmidae, inhabiting tropical marine waters.
- worships — Plural form of worship.
- worthied — Simple past tense and past participle of worthy.
- worthier — Comparative form of worthy.
- worthies — Plural form of worthy.
- worthily — having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- worthing — to happen or betide: woe worth the day.
- wrathily — in a wrathful or angry manner
- writhing — to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
- writhled — wrinkled; wizened