8-letter words containing t, w, a
- tightwad — a close-fisted or stingy person.
- time was — there was a time
- 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
- trackway — railway (def 3).
- trainway — a railway track; the channel in a built-up area through which a train passes
- trawling — fishing using a trawl net or trawl line
- treelawn — a narrow band of grass between a road and a pavement, usually planted with trees
- treeware — books, magazines, or other reading materials that are printed on paper made from wood pulp as opposed to texts in the form of computer software, CD-ROM, audio books, etc
- trewsman — a Highlander
- turf war — dispute over territory
- twaddler — trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
- twanging — to give out a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument when plucked.
- twangler — a person who twangles
- twattler — a person who twattles; a chatterbox
- tweaking — to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose.
- tweenage — (of a child) between about eight and fourteen years old
- twinleaf — a North American herb, Jeffersonia diphylla, having a single white blossom and leaves divided in two.
- 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
- unswathe — to free from something that swathes: to unswath the child of her bandages.
- unthawed — not thawed; still frozen
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- unwanted — not desired or needed; not wanted: My absence generated some unwanted attention.
- unwanton — done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- unwasted — waste (defs 26–28).
- unwatery — not watery
- van wert — a city in NW Ohio.
- viewdata — an interactive videotex service provided over a telephone line or television cable.
- w-r star — a very hot (35,000–100,000 K) and luminous star in the early stages of evolution, with broad emission lines in its spectrum.
- wackiest — Superlative form of wacky.
- wagtails — Plural form of wagtail.
- 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.
- waisting — That which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).