8-letter words containing o, w, a, t
- stowaway — a person who hides aboard a ship or airplane in order to obtain free transportation or elude pursuers.
- strawson — Sir Peter (Frederick). 1919–2006, British philosopher. His early work deals with the relationship between language and logic, his later work with metaphysics. His books include The Bounds of Sense (1966) and Freedom and Resentment (1974)
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- sweatbox — a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
- takedown — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- tamworth — a city in E Australia.
- tapeworm — any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different hosts.
- taskwork — work assigned or imposed as a task.
- tea gown — a semiformal gown of fine material, especially one styled with soft, flowing lines, worn for afternoon social occasions.
- teakwood — the wood of the teak.
- teamwork — cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause.
- teardown — a taking apart; disassembly.
- thaw out — defreeze
- tokugawa — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns, 1603–1867.
- toleware — articles made of tole.
- tomahawk — a light ax used by the North American Indians as a weapon and tool.
- towardly — apt to learn; promising.
- towerman — Railroads. a person who works in a switch tower and, by means of a signal box, directs the movement of trains.
- town car — an automobile having an enclosed rear seat separated by a glass partition from the open driver's seat.
- town gas — coal gas manufactured for domestic and industrial use
- townhall — a hall or building belonging to a town, used for the transaction of the town's business and often also as a place of public assembly.
- townland — a division of land of various sizes
- townsman — a native or inhabitant of a town.
- townwear — tailored, usually conservative clothing appropriate for business or other activities in a town or city.
- towplane — an aeroplane that tows gliders
- toywoman — a woman who sells toys
- two pair — a set of two cards of the same denomination together with another matched set of different denomination from the first.
- two-beat — having four beats to the measure with the second and fourth beats accented: two-beat jazz.
- two-name — (of commercial paper) having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
- two-pack — (of a paint, filler, etc) supplied as two separate components, for example a base and a catalyst, that are mixed together immediately before use
- two-star — of or being a major general, as indicated by two stars on an insignia.
- ultralow — extremely low
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- unwanton — done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- wahpeton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- wainscot — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- wait out — to remain inactive during the course of
- waitrons — Plural form of waitron.
- walk out — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-out — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walkouts — Plural form of walkout.
- wallwort — a caprifoliaceous plant, Sambucus Ebulus, often used formerly for medicinal purposes
- want out — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- wantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of wanton.
- wantoner — someone who behaves in a wanton manner
- wantonly — done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- wanworth — an inexpensive purchase
- war-torn — ravaged by war
- wardmote — (historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.
- warmouth — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gulosus, of the eastern U.S., having a patch of small teeth on its tongue.