8-letter words containing n, o, w
- how now? — what is the meaning of this?
- howdunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but how they have done so.
- howlings — Plural form of howling.
- hueytown — a town in central Alabama.
- hwang ho — Older Spelling. Huang He.
- i wonder — You can say 'I wonder' if you want to be very polite when you are asking someone to do something, or when you are asking them for their opinion or for information.
- in a row — lined up
- in power — in authority
- in-crowd — in-group (def 1).
- in-world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- inchworm — measuringworm.
- ingrowth — growth inward.
- interrow — occurring or existing between rows
- ironware — articles of iron, as pots, kettles, or tools; hardware.
- ironweed — any of certain North American composite plants of the genus Vernonia, having tubular, chiefly purple or red disk flowers.
- ironwood — any of various trees yielding a hard, heavy wood, as the American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana, or Lyonothamnus floribundus, found on the islands off the coast of S California.
- ironwork — work in iron.
- jawboned — Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone.
- jawboner — a person who jawbones
- jawbones — Plural form of jawbone.
- jew down — one of a scattered group of people that traces its descent from the Biblical Hebrews or from postexilic adherents of Judaism; Israelite.
- john law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- just now — a moment ago
- kentwood — a city in W Michigan.
- kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
- kingchow — former name of Jiangling.
- kingwood — a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used especially in cabinetwork.
- knotweed — any of several knotty-stemmed plants belonging to the genus Polygonum, of the buckwheat family.
- knotwork — A design or pattern of interlocking or overlapping geometric shapes resembling a knot.
- know-all — a know-it-all.
- know-how — the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- knowbots — Plural form of knowbot.
- knowledg — Obsolete form of knowledge.
- knowsley — a unitary authority of NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 150 200 (2003 est). Area: 97 sq km (38 sq miles)
- kotowing — Present participle of kotow.
- lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- laywoman — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- laywomen — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- let down — British. a lease.
- letdowns — Plural form of letdown.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.
- lewisson — lewis.
- lewiston — a city in SW Maine.
- lie down — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lie-down — a nap.
- lilongwe — Formerly Nyasaland. a republic in SE Africa, on the W and S shores of Lake Malawi: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence July 6, 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 49,177 sq. mi. (127,368 sq. km). Capital: Lilongwe.
- lindworm — a wingless, two-legged dragon
- linework — (arts) The technique of drawing lines.
- linkwork — something composed of links, as a chain.