8-letter words containing o, n, w, a
- facedown — with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
- fan worm — feather-duster worm.
- forewarn — to warn in advance.
- fowliang — Older Spelling. former name of Jingdezhen.
- gondwana — a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era to form South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
- gownsman — a person who wears a gown indicating office, profession, or status.
- gunwoman — A female gunman.
- handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
- hangchow — Older Spelling. Hangzhou.
- hard-won — If you describe something that someone has gained or achieved as hard-won, you mean that they worked hard to gain or achieve it.
- hawknose — a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.
- hawthorn — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Crataegus, of the rose family, typically a small tree with stiff thorns, certain North American species of which have white or pink blossoms and bright-colored fruits and are cultivated in hedges.
- hwang ho — Older Spelling. Huang He.
- in a row — lined up
- ironware — articles of iron, as pots, kettles, or tools; hardware.
- jawboned — Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone.
- jawboner — a person who jawbones
- jawbones — Plural form of jawbone.
- john law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- know-all — a know-it-all.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- 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.
- loanword — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- longwall — noting or pertaining to a means of extracting coal or other minerals in an underground mine from a continuous face, the roof before the face being supported at intervals by temporary or movable artificial supports. Compare room-and-pillar.
- longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
- longways — longwise.
- lowlands — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- madwoman — a woman who is or behaves as if insane.
- madwomen — Plural form of madwoman.
- manpower — power in terms of people available or required for work or military service: the manpower of a country.
- mansworn — Past participle of manswear.
- manwhore — (slang) A man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- merwoman — A mermaid.
- moonwalk — an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon.
- moonward — Also, moonwards. toward the moon: turned their eyes moonward.
- nanowatt — a unit of power equal to one billionth of a watt
- nanowire — A nanoscale rod made of semiconducting material, used in miniature transistors and some laser applications.
- narrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of narrow.
- narrower — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- narrowly — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- no sweat — Informal. (of clothes) made to be worn for exercise, sports, or other physical activity. made of the absorbent fabric used for such clothes: sweat dresses. of, for, or associated with such clothes: the sweat look in sportswear.
- no-sweat — requiring little effort; easy: a no-sweat job.
- nottaway — a river in SW Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to James Bay. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- nottoway — a river in S Virginia, flowing SE to the Blackwater River at the North Carolina border. 170 miles (274 km) long.
- now that — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
- nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.