8-letter words containing u, r, a, w
- cpu wars — /C-P-U worz/ A 1979 large-format comic by Chas Andres chronicling the attempts of the brainwashed androids of IPM (Impossible to Program Machines) to conquer and destroy the peaceful denizens of HEC (Human Engineered Computers). This rather transparent allegory featured many references to ADVENT and the immortal line "Eat flaming death, minicomputer mongrels!" (uttered, of course, by an IPM stormtrooper). It is alleged that the author subsequently received a letter of appreciation on IBM company stationery from the head of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratories (then, as now, one of the few islands of true hackerdom in the IBM archipelago). The lower loop of the B in the IBM logo, it is said, had been carefully whited out. See eat flaming death.
- crudware — /kruhd'weir/ Pejorative term for the hundreds of megabytes of low-quality freeware circulated by user's groups and BBSs in the micro-hobbyist world.
- curassow — any gallinaceous ground-nesting bird of the family Cracidae, of S North, Central, and South America. Curassows have long legs and tails and, typically, a distinctive crest of curled feathers
- cutwater — the forward part of the stem of a vessel, which cuts through the water
- draw out — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- drawtube — a tube sliding within another tube, as the tube carrying the eyepiece in a microscope.
- four-way — providing access or passage in four directions: a four-way entrance.
- fud wars — /fuhd worz/ Political posturing, intended to create FUD, engaged in by hardware and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardisation but actually willing to fragment the market to protect their own shares. The Unix International vs. OSF conflict is but one outstanding example.
- fujiwara — a member of a powerful family in Japan who exercised power as regents in the name of the emperor, a.d. 858–1160.
- grub saw — a handsaw for cutting stone.
- gulf war — a conflict (Jan.–Feb. 1991) between Iraq and the United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait.
- gurdwara — a Sikh temple in India.
- kurosawa — Akira [ah-kee-rah] /ɑˈki rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–1998, Japanese film director.
- lawcourt — a court of law
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- moratuwa — a city in W Sri Lanka.
- muzorewa — Abel (Tendekayi) (ˈeibəl) 1925–2010, Zimabwean Methodist bishop and politician; president of the African National Council (1971–85). He was one of the negotiators of an internal settlement (1978–79); prime minister of Rhodesia (1979)
- outbrawl — to defeat in a brawl
- outcrawl — to crawl further than or faster than
- 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.
- outweary — to exhaust completely
- quadword — (computing) A numerical value of four times the magnitude of a word, thus typically 64 bits.
- rawlplug — a short fibre or plastic tube used to provide a fixing in a wall for a screw
- routeway — a track, road, waterway, etc, used as a route to somewhere
- run away — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- squawker — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- subdwarf — a star which is smaller than a dwarf star
- sunwards — Also, sunwards. toward the sun.
- turf war — dispute over territory
- ultralow — extremely low
- unawares — while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
- underjaw — the lower jaw
- underway — occurring while under way: the underway activities on a cruise ship.
- unixware — (operating system) Novell's implementation of Unix System 5 heavily based on Release 4.2 but with enhancements and new bundled products. In 1993 Novell acquired Unix Systems Laboratories from AT&T along with the Unix trademark. UnixWare was the result of Novell's efforts to make Unix interoperable with Novell NetWare. In 1995 Novell sold UnixWare and the rights to the Unix operating system to SCO at a time when UnixWare was gainnig popularity. It was later the first 64-bit operating system on the Intel platform, and, in 1999, is the world's fastest-growing commercial operating system.
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- unwarded — not warded or guarded; undefended
- unwarely — unwarily or incautiously; carelessly
- unwarily — not wary; not cautious or watchful, as against danger or misfortune.
- unwarmed — not warmed; unheated
- unwarned — not warned or cautioned; without warning
- unwarped — not warped, as a phonograph record or flooring.
- unwatery — not watery
- walburga — Walpurgis.
- walkthru — (US) alternative spelling of walkthrough.
- wall rue — a small, delicate fern, Asplenium rutamuraria, having fan-shaped leaflets and growing on walls and cliffs.
- walruses — Plural form of walrus.
- warmouth — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gulosus, of the eastern U.S., having a patch of small teeth on its tongue.
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