8-letter words containing t, o, w
- get down — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- giltwood — made of wood and gilded
- goatweed — a plant of the genus Capraria
- gottwald — Klement [kle-ment] /ˈklɛ mɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, Czech Communist leader: prime minister 1946–48; president 1948–53.
- goutweed — a fast-spreading weed, Aegopodium podagraria, of the parsley family, native to Eurasia, having umbels of white flowers.
- grow fat — If you say that a person or organization has grown fat on something, you mean that they have become very rich as a result of it.
- grow out — hairstyle: allow to lengthen
- 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.
- hayworth — Rita (Margarita Carmen Cansino) 1918–87, U.S. dancer and actress.
- hepworth — Dame Barbara, 1903–75, English sculptor.
- hit show — successful tv series
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- hometown — the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.
- honewort — any plant of the genus Cryptotaenia, of the parsley family, especially C. canadensis, having clusters of small white flowers.
- hoot owl — any of various owls that hoot.
- hornwort — any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum, found in ponds and slow streams.
- horowitz — Vladimir [vlad-uh-meer,, vla-dee-meer] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər,, vlæˈdi mɪər/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, U.S. pianist, born in Russia.
- hot well — a tank or reservoir in which hot water is collected before being recirculated, especially condensed steam about to be returned to a boiler.
- hot-draw — Metalworking. to draw (wire, tubing, etc.) at a temperature high enough to permit recrystallization.
- hot-wire — Slang. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition.
- hot-work — to work (metal) at a temperature high enough to permit recrystallization.
- hotwired — Simple past tense and past participle of hotwire.
- hovawart — a medium-sized strongly-built dog of a breed with a long thick coat, a thick tuft of hair round the neck, and a long bushy tail
- howdunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but how they have done so.
- howitzer — a cannon having a comparatively short barrel, used especially for firing shells at a high angle of elevation, as for reaching a target behind cover or in a trench.
- hueytown — a town in central Alabama.
- ingrowth — growth inward.
- interrow — occurring or existing between rows
- jowliest — Superlative form of jowly.
- just now — a moment ago
- katowice — a city in S Poland.
- kentwood — a city in W Michigan.
- kilowatt — a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. Abbreviation: kW, kw.
- knotweed — any of several knotty-stemmed plants belonging to the genus Polygonum, of the buckwheat family.
- knotwork — A design or pattern of interlocking or overlapping geometric shapes resembling a knot.
- knowbots — Plural form of knowbot.
- kollwitz — Käthe [ke-tuh] /ˈkɛ tə/ (Show IPA), 1867–1945, German graphic artist and sculptor.
- kotowing — Present participle of kotow.
- kowtowed — Simple past tense and past participle of kowtow.
- kowtower — One who kowtows; a sycophant.
- latewood — Wood formed in a tree relatively late in the season.
- lathwork — work made of laths
- lawcourt — a court of law
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- let down — British. a lease.
- letdowns — Plural form of letdown.
- lewiston — a city in SW Maine.
- low rent — Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.
- low tech — low-technology.
- low tide — the tide at the point of maximum ebb.