8-letter words containing h, o, w
- witherod — a N American deciduous shrub, Viburnum nudum, of the honeysuckle family
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- withoute — Archaic spelling of without.
- 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.
- woodchat — Also, woodchat shrike. a shrike, Lanius senator, of Europe and northern Africa, having a black forehead and a chestnut crown, nape, and mantle.
- woodchip — a small chip of wood, especially one that flakes off when felling a tree or splitting a log.
- woodchop — To chop wood, especially as a sport.
- woodhole — a storage area for wood
- woodhull — Victoria Claflin [klaf-lin] /ˈklæf lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1838–1927, U.S. social reformer, newspaper publisher, and women's-rights advocate.
- woodrush — A grasslike plant that typically has long flat leaves fringed with long hairs.
- woodshed — a shed for storing wood for fuel.
- woodshop — A woodworking workshop.
- woolshed — a building in which sheep are sheared and wool is gathered and prepared for market.
- 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.
- wordtech — (company) Manufacturers of Quicksilver. Address: Orinda, CA, USA.
- work-shy — If you describe someone as work-shy, you disapprove of them because you think they are lazy and do not want to work.
- workhour — any time set aside for work
- workship — (archaic) workmanship.
- workshop — a room, group of rooms, or building in which work, especially mechanical work, is carried on.
- wormfish — any of several small, slender fishes of the family Microdesmidae, inhabiting tropical marine waters.
- wormhole — a hole made by a burrowing or gnawing worm, as in timber, nuts, etc.
- worships — Plural form of worship.
- worthful — full of worth or merit.
- 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.
- wrymouth — any blennioid fish of the family Stichaeidae, having a large, upturned mouth, especially Cryptacanthodes maculatus, a bottom fish of the Atlantic Ocean.
- you what — People say 'you what?' to indicate that they do not believe or accept the remark that someone has just made, or that they have not heard or understood it properly.