8-letter words containing n, w, o, r
- wanderoo — any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
- wantoner — someone who behaves in a wanton manner
- 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.
- weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
- wellborn — born of a good, noble, or highly esteemed family.
- werelion — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between lion and human form.
- whoreson — a bastard.
- win over — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- windrode — riding with the force of the wind.
- windrose — Alternative spelling of wind rose.
- windrows — Plural form of windrow.
- wingover — an airplane maneuver involving a steep, climbing turn to a near stall, then a sharp drop of the nose, a removal of bank, and a final leveling off in the opposite direction.
- winnower — to free (grain) from the lighter particles of chaff, dirt, etc., especially by throwing it into the air and allowing the wind or a forced current of air to blow away impurities.
- winthrop — John, 1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49.
- wondered — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- wonderer — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- wonderly — (obsolete) Wonderfully, in a wonderful manner.
- wondrous — wonderful; remarkable.
- woodburn — a town in NW Oregon.
- woodfern — An evergreen fern with leathery dark-green fronds.
- wordings — Plural form of wording.
- workings — Plural form of working.
- worn out — worn or used beyond repair.
- worn-out — worn or used beyond repair.
- worrying — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- worsened — Simple past tense and past participle of worsen.
- worsting — Present participle of worst.
- worthing — to happen or betide: woe worth the day.
- wounders — Plural form of wounder.
- wrongest — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- wrongful — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- wronging — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- wrongous — (of a person) unfair, unjust
- yorktown — a village in SE Virginia: surrender (October 19, 1781) of Cornwallis to Washington in the American Revolution.
- zworykin — Vladimir Kosma [vlad-uh-meer koz-muh] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈkɒz mə/ (Show IPA), 1889–1982, U.S. physicist, engineer, and inventor, born in Russia: known as the “father of television.”.