8-letter words containing k, o, w
- warlocks — Plural form of warlock.
- waxworks — an exhibition of or a museum for displaying wax figures, ornaments, etc.
- wazzocks — Plural form of wazzock.
- wedlocks — Plural form of wedlock.
- weeklong — Which lasts for a week, or approximately so.
- westwork — (in German Romanesque architecture) a monumental western front to a church, treated as a tower or towers containing an entrance and vestibule below and a chapel above.
- wet dock — a dock accessible only around the time of high tide and entered through locks or gates.
- wet look — a shiny finish given to certain clothing and footwear materials, esp plastic and leather
- whackjob — (colloquial, pejorative) A crazy, possibly dangerous, person.
- whakairo — the art of carving
- wheelock — Eleazar, 1711–79, U.S. clergyman and educator: founded Dartmouth College.
- windhoek — a republic in SW Africa: a former German protectorate; a mandate of South Africa 1920–66; gained independence 1990. 318,261 sq. mi. (824,296 sq. km). Capital: Windhoek.
- windsock — a tapered, tubular cloth vane, open at both ends and having at the larger end a fixed ring pivoted to swing freely, installed at airports or elsewhere to indicate wind direction and approximate intensity.
- wirework — fabrics or articles made of wire.
- wolflike — any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
- wolfpack — A family or other group of wild wolves.
- wolfskin — The skin or pelt of a wolf.
- womblike — Resembling a womb or uterus in shape or function.
- wonkfest — A self-congratulatory meeting of wonks (overly studious individuals).
- wonkiest — Superlative form of wonky.
- woodcock — either of two plump, short-legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage, the Eurasian Scolopax rusticola and the smaller American Philohela minor.
- woodlark — a small, European songbird, Lullula arborea, noted for its song in flight.
- woodlike — Resembling wood, such as in color or texture.
- woodskin — a canoe made of bark, used by the native tribes of Guyana
- woodwork — objects or parts made of wood.
- woollike — Resembling wool or some aspect of it.
- woolpack — a coarse fabric, usually of jute, in which raw wool is packed for transport.
- woolsack — a sack or bag of wool.
- woolskin — a sheepskin with the wool still attached.
- woolwork — embroidery done with wool
- wordbook — a book of words, usually with definitions, explanations, etc.; a dictionary.
- wordmark — (marketing) A logotype; a standardized graphic representation of the name of a company or product used for purposes of easy identification. It is is often text with unique typographic treatments. Usually the company name is incorporated together with simple graphic treatments, so that the representation of the word essentially becomes a symbol of the company.
- work off — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- work out — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- 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.
- workable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- workably — In an workable fashion.
- workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
- workbags — Plural form of workbag.
- workboat — a boat used for work or trade rather than sport, public transportation, or military purposes.
- workbook — a manual of operating instructions.
- workdays — Plural form of workday.
- workfare — a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training.
- workflow — the flow or amount of work to and from an office, department, or employee.
- workfolk — People who labour.
- workgirl — a young female manual worker
- workhour — any time set aside for work
- workings — Plural form of working.
- workless — Having no work: unemployed.
- workload — the amount of work that a machine, employee, or group of employees can be or is expected to perform.