8-letter words containing h, o, w
- nohowish — lacking distinctiveness
- nonwhite — a sociocultural classification of modern humans with darker pigmentation of the skin than is characteristic in people of European descent.
- now that — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
- now then — used to preface an important remark, the next step in an argument, etc
- nowhence — from no place; from nowhere
- nowheres — in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
- off with — a command, often peremptory, or an exhortation to remove or cut off (something specified)
- on watch — If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
- outthrow — to throw out or extend: His arms were outthrown in greeting.
- outwatch — to outdo or surpass in watching.
- outweigh — to exceed in value, importance, influence, etc.: The advantages of the plan outweighed its defects.
- outwhirl — to surpass at whirling
- outworth — to be more valuable than
- overwash — the act of washing over something
- owlishly — resembling or characteristic of an owl: His thick glasses give him an owlish appearance.
- pawnshop — the shop of a pawnbroker, especially one where unredeemed items are displayed and sold.
- peepshow — a display of objects or pictures viewed through a small opening that is usually fitted with a magnifying lens.
- postshow — of or relating to the period after a show, occurring after a show
- powhatan — a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy.
- prowfish — a fish, Zaprora silenus, of the North Pacific.
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- regrowth — the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
- reshower — to shower again
- roadshow — travelling entertainment
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- rowdyish — like or characteristic of a rowdy.
- rushwork — the handicraft of making objects woven of rushes.
- sawhorse — a movable frame or trestle for supporting wood being sawed.
- sawtooth — one of the cutting teeth of a saw.
- schawlow — Arthur Leonard, 1921–99, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1981.
- sex show — a live performance that customers pay to watch in which people perform sexual acts
- shadowed — of or relating to a shadow cabinet.
- shadower — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shallows — The shallows are the shallow part of an area of water.
- she-wolf — a female wolf.
- sherwood — Robert Emmet [em-it] /ˈɛm ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1896–1955, U.S. dramatist.
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
- shopworn — worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store.
- shotwell — James Thomson, 1874–1965, U.S. diplomat, historian, and educator.
- show bag — a bag containing samples, promotional material, etc, given out at trade fairs and other such events
- show biz — show business.
- show day — (in Australia) a public holiday in a state on the date of its annual agricultural and industrial show
- show off — a theatrical production, performance, or company.
- show out — to conduct a person out of a room or building by opening the door for him
- show-off — a person given to pretentious display.
- showable — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- showcase — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- showdown — the laying down of one's cards, face upward, in a card game, especially poker.