7-letter words containing i, a, w
- waybill — a list of goods sent by a common carrier, as a railroad, with shipping directions.
- waylaid — simple past tense and past participle of waylay.
- wayside — the side of the way; land immediately adjacent to a road, highway, path, etc.; roadside.
- weakish — rather weak.
- wealing — Present participle of weal.
- weaning — The (passive) process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependant on the mother for nourishment.
- wearied — physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- wearier — Comparative form of weary.
- wearies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weary.
- wearily — physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- wearing — gradually impairing or wasting: Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
- wearish — withered
- weaving — to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material.
- webinar — a seminar or other presentation that takes place on the Internet, allowing participants in different locations to see and hear the presenter, ask questions, and sometimes answer polls.
- webmail — E-mail that is available for use online and stored in the Internet server mailbox, and that is not downloaded to an e-mail program or used offline.
- weidman — Charles Edward, Jr. 1901–75, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and teacher.
- weifang — a city in N Shandong province, in NE China.
- weigela — any of various shrubby, eastern Asian plants belonging to the genus Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped white, pink, or crimson flowers.
- whaling — the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
- wharfie — (Australia, New Zealand, informal, colloquial) A wharf labourer or stevedore.
- what if — (used interrogatively before nouns): What news? What clothes shall I pack?
- what-if — hypothetical: a what-if scenario.
- whatsis — a thing or object whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
- whatsit — whatsis.
- whipcat — a tailor
- whipray — any ray having a long, whiplike tail, especially a stingray.
- whipsaw — a saw for two persons, as a pitsaw, used to divide timbers lengthwise.
- whitlam — (Edward) Gough (ɡɒf). 1916–2014, Australian Labor statesman: prime minister (1972–75)
- whitman — Marcus, 1802–47, U.S. missionary and pioneer.
- whovian — a fan of the science fiction television series Doctor Who
- wichita — a member of a tribe of North American Indians, originally of Kansas but relocated in Oklahoma after the Civil War.
- wideman — John Edgar, born 1941, U.S. novelist.
- wieland — Christoph Martin [kris-tawf mahr-teen] /ˈkrɪs tɔf ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1733–1813, German poet, novelist, and critic.
- wigwags — Plural form of wigwag.
- wigwams — Plural form of wigwam.
- wildcat — any of several North American felines of the genus Lynx. Compare lynx.
- wildean — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of Oscar Wilde.
- wildman — A savage person without culture.
- willard — Emma (Hart) 1787–1870, U.S. educator and poet.
- william — ("the Sailor-King") 1765–1837, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1830–37 (brother of George IV).
- windage — the influence of the wind in deflecting a missile.
- windaus — Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1876–1959, German chemist: Nobel prize 1928.
- windbag — Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
- windham — a town in NE Connecticut.
- windway — a passage for air.
- winesap — a red variety of apple that ripens in the autumn.
- wingate — Orde (Charles) (ɔːd). 1903–44, British soldier. During World War II he organized the Chindits in Burma (Myanmar) to disrupt Japanese communications. He died in an air crash
- wingman — Air Force. a pilot in a plane that flies just outside and behind the right wing of the leading aircraft in a flight formation, in order to provide protective support.
- wink at — to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
- winnard — a heron