8-letter words containing n, o, w
- unfollow — to cease to track a person or a group on a social networking site
- unhallow — to desecrate; profane.
- unmellow — not relaxed and friendly, esp due to the effects of alcohol or drugs
- unplowed — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- unshadow — to remove a shadow from
- unstowed — to remove (tools, utensils, equipment, etc.) from stowage, especially in preparation for use.
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- unwanton — done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- unweapon — to remove weapons from; disarm
- unwisdom — lack of wisdom; folly; rashness; recklessness: an act of unwisdom.
- unwonted — not customary or usual; rare: unwonted kindness.
- unwooded — not wooded; lacking woods or trees
- unworded — not expressed in words
- unworked — not worked; not used; not exerted
- unwormed — (of animals) not rid of worms
- unworthy — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- w bosons — either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W + , W −.
- waggoner — Alternative spelling of wagoner.
- wagonage — transportation or conveyance by wagon.
- wagoneer — One who drives a wagon.
- wagonful — a quantity of objects or people that will fill a wagon
- wagonway — A crude road for wagons.
- wahpeton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- wainscot — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- waitrons — Plural form of waitron.
- waldhorn — an organ reed stop
- walkdown — a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps: It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.
- wallonia — a region in S Belgium: chiefly French-speaking. 6504 sq. mi. (16,844 sq. km).
- wanderoo — any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
- want out — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- wantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of wanton.
- wantoner — someone who behaves in a wanton manner
- wantonly — done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- wanwordy — without merit
- wanworth — an inexpensive purchase
- war bond — debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war
- war nose — the explosive forward section of a projectile, as of a torpedo or shell; warhead.
- war zone — (during wartime) a combat area in which the rights of neutrals are suspended, as such an area on the high seas, where ships flying a neutral flag are subject to attack.
- war-torn — ravaged by war
- wardcorn — a payment of corn in the feudal law system
- warisons — Plural form of warison.
- warn off — If you warn someone off, you tell them to go away or to stop doing something because of possible danger or punishment.
- washdown — the act or process of washing down, as in cleaning something completely.
- watsonia — any of various iridaceous plants of the genus Watsonia, native to southern Africa, having sword-shaped leaves and spikes of white or reddish flowers.
- waygoing — the act of leaving; departure; leavetaking.
- waypoint — a place or point between major points on a route.
- weaponed — Armed with a weapon.
- weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
- webphone — A telephone that connects through the internet.
- weeklong — Which lasts for a week, or approximately so.