8-letter words containing p, o, r, w
- prowling — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- rope tow — ski tow.
- ropewalk — a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.
- ropework — the activities involved in making, mending, tying, and using ropes
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- shopworn — worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store.
- slopwork — the manufacture of cheap clothing.
- snowdrop — any of several early-blooming bulbous plants belonging to the genus Galanthus, of the amaryllis family, native to Eurasia, especially G. nivalis, having drooping white flowers with green markings.
- soapwort — a plant, Saponaria officinalis, of the pink family, whose leaves are used for cleansing.
- spanworm — measuringworm.
- stopword — any of a number of very commonly used words, as a, and, in, and to, that are normally excluded by computer search engines or when compiling a concordance.
- supercow — a dairy cow that produces a very high milk yield as a result of selective breeding or genetic modification
- 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.
- throw up — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- two pair — a set of two cards of the same denomination together with another matched set of different denomination from the first.
- upgrowth — the process of growing up; development: the upgrowth of nuclear science.
- walloper — to beat soundly; thrash.
- warpower — the ability to wage war
- waterpot — A pot or jug for holding water.
- waterpox — chickenpox
- way port — a port of call on a particular route
- weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
- westport — a town in SW Connecticut.
- wetproof — waterproof.
- whipcord — a cotton, woolen, or worsted fabric with a steep, diagonally ribbed surface.
- whipworm — any of several parasitic nematodes of the genus Trichuris, having a long, slender, whiplike anterior end.
- whoopers — Plural form of whooper.
- whoppers — Plural form of whopper.
- winthrop — John, 1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49.
- wordplay — clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
- wordpool — (education) A random collection of words, used as inspiration for writing.
- wordship — Lb rare The state, condition, or status of a word.
- workship — (archaic) workmanship.
- workshop — a room, group of rooms, or building in which work, especially mechanical work, is carried on.
- worktops — Plural form of worktop.
- worships — Plural form of worship.
- wrapover — (of a garment, esp a skirt) not sewn up at one side, but worn wrapped round the body and fastened so that the open edges overlap
- \uparrow — (character) An upward pointing arrow in LaTeX. See closure.