8-letter words containing i, r, a, w
- fujiwara — a member of a powerful family in Japan who exercised power as regents in the name of the emperor, a.d. 858–1160.
- giftware — china, crystal, or other items suitable for gifts.
- giftwrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- hairwork — the art of producing articles made of hair
- hairworm — any small, slender worm of the family Trichostrongylidae, parasitic in the alimentary canals of various animals.
- hardwick — Elizabeth, 1916–2007, U.S. novelist and critic.
- hardwire — Alternative spelling of hard-wire.
- haridwar — a city in Uttar Pradesh, N India, on the Ganges River: a holy city to Hindus.
- hindward — backward
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- in a row — lined up
- interwar — occurring during a period of peace between two wars, especially between World War I and World War II.
- inwardly — in or on, or with reference to, the inside or inner part; internally.
- ironware — articles of iron, as pots, kettles, or tools; hardware.
- kirkwall — a town on Pomona island, NE of Scotland in the Orkney Islands: administrative center of the Orkney Islands.
- kirkward — towards the church
- knitwear — clothing made of knitted fabric.
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- liveware — /li:v'weir/ 1. A less common synonym for wetware 2. (Cambridge) Vermin. "Waiter, there's some liveware in my salad."
- micawber — a person who idles and trusts to fortune
- midwater — The part of a body of water near neither the bottom nor the surface.
- mindware — The mental knowledge and procedures that a person uses to solve problems or make decisions.
- misaward — to award wrongly
- misdrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- nanowire — A nanoscale rod made of semiconducting material, used in miniature transistors and some laser applications.
- pairwise — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- parawing — paraglider.
- rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
- rainwash — material eroded or swept away by rain.
- rainwear — waterproof or water-repellent clothing.
- randwick — a city in E New South Wales, SE Australia, on Botany Bay and the Pacific Ocean: a suburb of Sydney.
- raw milk — unpasteurized milk
- raw silk — reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed.
- rawlings — Marjorie Kinnan [ki-nan] /kɪˈnæn/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, U.S. novelist and journalist.
- rawmaish — foolish or exaggerated talk; nonsense
- reviewal — the act of reviewing.
- rickshaw — jinrikisha.
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- rift saw — a saw used for cutting wood radially from a log.
- ring taw — ringer1 (def 4).
- riverway — the part of a river that boats can travel on, or the route or course of a river
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- ryotwari — (in India) a system of land tenure in which land taxes are paid to the state
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- sideward — directed or moving toward one side.
- ski-wear — clothes that are intended for skiing
- slipware — pottery decorated with slip.
- stairway — a passageway from one level, as of a building, to another by a series of stairs; staircase.
- swanndri — an all-weather heavy woollen shirt
- swear in — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.