8-letter words containing i, w
- flatwise — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- flywhisk — a device for brushing away flies, often made of horsehair.
- forewind — a favourable wind
- forewing — either of the anterior and usually smaller pair of wings of an insect having four wings.
- forewish — (transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
- forswink — to exhaust through toil
- fowliang — Older Spelling. former name of Jingdezhen.
- fox wiki — (application) A wiki for the Fox (Free Objects for Crystallography) software.
- freeview — In Britain, Freeview is a free service providing digital terrestrial television.
- freewill — made or done freely or of one's own accord; voluntary: a freewill contribution to a political fund.
- frowning — Present participle of frown.
- frowzily — in a frowzy or unkempt manner
- fujisawa — a city on E Honshu, in Japan, S of Tokyo.
- fujiwara — a member of a powerful family in Japan who exercised power as regents in the name of the emperor, a.d. 858–1160.
- gawkiest — Superlative form of gawky.
- gaywings — fringed polygala.
- gee whiz — People sometimes say gee whiz in order to express a strong reaction to something or to introduce a remark or response.
- gee-whiz — arousing or characterized by surprise, wonder, or triumphant achievement: a gee-whiz technology; a gee-whiz reaction to the sight of the Grand Canyon.
- gershwin — George, 1898–1937, U.S. composer.
- get wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- get with — to go along with
- 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.
- gigawatt — one billion watts. Abbreviation: GW, Gw.
- giltwood — made of wood and gilded
- give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- giveaway — an act or instance of giving something away.
- gleiwitz — German name of Gliwice.
- glenview — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- gluhwein — mulled wine
- golliwog — a grotesque black doll.
- goodwife — Chiefly Scot. the mistress of a household.
- goodwill — friendly disposition; benevolence; kindness.
- gridwork — Work in the form of a grid.
- griswold — Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
- growings — Plural form of growing.
- growling — Producing a growl.
- guideway — a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.
- gw-basic — (language) An early version of MS-BASIC.
- gwich'in — a member of a North American Indian people from northwest Canada and northeast Alaska
- gwinnett — Button, 1735?–77, American Revolutionary leader, born in England.
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- hailwood — Mike, full name Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood. 1940–81, English racing motorcyclist: world champion (250 cc.) 1961 and 1966–67; (350 cc.) 1966–67; and (500 cc.) 1962–65
- 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.
- half-wit — a person who is feeble-minded.
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- hamewith — in a homewards manner
- hardwick — Elizabeth, 1916–2007, U.S. novelist and critic.
- hardwire — Alternative spelling of hard-wire.