8-letter words containing o, w, a, t
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- low-rate — to place a low value on: a policy of low-rating most modern artists.
- madworts — Plural form of madwort.
- maltworm — a heavy drinker
- moratuwa — a city in W Sri Lanka.
- mostwhat — most
- motorway — an expressway.
- nanowatt — a unit of power equal to one billionth of a watt
- 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.
- oak wilt — a disease of oaks, characterized by wilting and discoloration of the leaves and defoliation, usually starting at and spreading from the top of the tree and the ends of the branches, caused by a fungus, Chalara quercina.
- on watch — If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
- outbrawl — to defeat in a brawl
- outcrawl — to crawl further than or faster than
- outlawed — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- outlawry — the act or process of outlawing.
- outswear — to outdo in swearing.
- outwards — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
- outwaste — to squander or use up wastefully
- outwatch — to outdo or surpass in watching.
- outweary — to exhaust completely
- owatonna — a city in S Minnesota.
- partwork — series of magazines issued at weekly or monthly intervals, which are designed to be bound together to form a complete course or book
- pat-down — an act or instance of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.; frisking.
- pomwater — a kind of sharp-tasting apple
- post-war — following a major conflict
- powhatan — a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy.
- rawlbolt — a proprietary anchor bolt for fixing into masonry etc
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- rot away — decay
- routeway — a track, road, waterway, etc, used as a route to somewhere
- ryotwari — (in India) a system of land tenure in which land taxes are paid to the state
- saltwork — place where salt is refined
- saltwort — any of various plants of sea beaches, salt marshes, and alkaline regions, especially belonging to the genus Salsola, of the amaranth family, as S. kali, a bushy plant having prickly leaves, or belonging to the genus Salicornia.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- saw-wort — a perennial Old World plant, Serratula tinctoria, having serrated leaves that yield a yellow dye: family Asteraceae (composites)
- sawtooth — one of the cutting teeth of a saw.
- seatwork — work that can be done by a child at his or her seat in school without supervision.
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- so what! — what importance does that have?
- soapwort — a plant, Saponaria officinalis, of the pink family, whose leaves are used for cleansing.
- software — Computers. the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. Compare hardware (def 5).
- somewhat — in some measure or degree; to some extent: not angry, just somewhat disturbed.
- southpaw — a person who is left-handed.
- spa town — a town where water comes out of the ground and people come to drink it or lie in it because they think it will improve their health
- starwort — any of several chickweeds of the genus Stellaria.
- stowable — Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.