8-letter words containing n, o, w
- outswing — (cricket) The swing of the ball through the air, in a direction away from the batsman.
- outswung — made to curve outwards
- ovenware — heat-resistant dishes of glass, pottery, etc., for baking and serving food; bakeware.
- ovenwood — brushwood; deadwood fit only for burning.
- overween — to be conceited or arrogant.
- overwind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- overwing — to fly above
- overworn — past participle of overwear.
- owatonna — a city in S Minnesota.
- owen gun — a type of simple recoil-operated 9 mm sub-machine-gun first used by Australian forces in World War II
- owing to — because of or on account of
- own goal — In sport, if someone scores an own goal, they accidentally score a goal for the team they are playing against.
- pandowdy — apple pandowdy.
- pat-down — an act or instance of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.; frisking.
- pawn off — If you pawn off something or someone that you do not want on another person, you persuade the person to accept them.
- pawnshop — the shop of a pawnbroker, especially one where unredeemed items are displayed and sold.
- pay down — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- peg down — to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules
- penwoman — a female writer
- pin down — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pinewood — the wood of a pine.
- playdown — a play-off.
- pondweed — any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, most species of which grow in ponds and quiet streams.
- pop wine — an inexpensive wine having a low alcohol content and artificial fruit flavoring.
- powering — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- powhatan — a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy.
- preowned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- prowling — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- pulldown — a mechanism that intermittently advances the film through the film gate of a camera or projector.
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
- rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- re-endow — to endow again
- red snow — snow that has acquired a red color either from airborne particles of red dust or from a type of alga that contains a red pigment.
- renowned — celebrated; famous.
- renowner — a renown giver; someone who makes another person famous or renowned
- rig down — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- ringwomb — a complication at lambing resulting from failure of the cervix to open
- ringwood — a town in N New Jersey.
- ringwork — a circular earthwork used as a defence and made up of a surrounding bank and ditch
- ringworm — any of a number of contagious skin diseases caused by certain parasitic fungi and characterized by the formation of ring-shaped eruptive patches.
- robstown — a city in S Texas.
- roweling — a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- rub down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rub-down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- run down — melted or liquefied: run butter.
- run-down — fatigued; weary; exhausted.
- sandworm — any of several marine worms that live in sand.