8-letter words containing i, w
- dropwise — in the form of a drop
- drowning — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- drowsier — Comparative form of drowsy.
- drowsily — half-asleep; sleepy.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- dry wine — wine that is not sweet
- dwarfing — Present participle of dwarf.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- dweebish — Dweeby.
- dwelling — Machinery. a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
- dwindled — Simple past tense and past participle of dwindle.
- dwindles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle.
- earwiggy — having an infestation or a swarm of earwigs
- earywigs — Plural form of earywig.
- edgewise — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- edward i — ("Edward Longshanks") 1239–1307, king of England 1272–1307 (son of Henry III).
- eggwhisk — A kitchen utensil made of multiple loops of wire used to beat eggs.
- elbowing — Present participle of elbow.
- elsewise — (now rare) Otherwise.
- endowing — Present participle of endow.
- eniwetok — an atoll in the W Pacific Ocean, in the NW Marshall Islands: taken by the US from Japan in 1944; became a naval base and later a testing ground for atomic weapons. Pop: 820 (1999 est)
- entwined — Wind or twist together; interweave.
- entwines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entwine.
- erewhile — A while before ; some time ago.
- fairview — a town in NE New Jersey.
- fairways — Plural form of fairway.
- farmwife — the wife of a farmer
- fesswise — (of a charge on a coat of arms) oriented horizontally
- fewtrils — trifles; things of little value
- fidonews — (messaging, history) The weekly official on-line newsletter of FidoNet, also known as "'Snooz". As the editorial policy of Fidonews was "anything that arrives, we print", there were often large articles completely unrelated to FidoNet, which in turn tend to elicit flamage in subsequent issues.
- fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.
- figworts — Plural form of figwort.
- finedraw — (transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- fireweed — any of various plants appearing in recently burned clearings, as the willow herb, Epilobium angustifolium.
- firewire — High Performance Serial Bus
- firewood — wood suitable for fuel.
- firework — Often, fireworks. a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise, used for signaling or as part of a celebration.
- fireworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Rhopobota naevana (black-headed fireworm) which feeds on the leaves of cranberries and causes them to wither.
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- fishbowl — a glass bowl for goldfish, snails, etc.
- fishhawk — The osprey.
- fishways — Plural form of fishway.
- fishwife — a woman who sells fish.
- fishworm — an earthworm.
- fitchews — Plural form of fitchew.