8-letter words containing w, a, d, e
- eastward — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- eastwood — Clint, born 1930, U.S. actor and director.
- edgeways — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- edward i — ("Edward Longshanks") 1239–1307, king of England 1272–1307 (son of Henry III).
- edward v — 1470–83, king of England 1483 (son of Edward IV).
- facedown — with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
- faceward — Toward the face.
- fadeaway — an act or instance of fading away.
- farrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of farrow.
- finedraw — (transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- flaxweed — Toadflax.
- foreward — (obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.
- gewgawed — something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.
- goatweed — a plant of the genus Capraria
- guffawed — a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.
- guideway — a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.
- hallowed — regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions.
- handsewn — sewn by hand.
- handwave — [possibly from gestures characteristic of stage magicians] To gloss over a complex point; to distract a listener; to support a (possibly actually valid) point with blatantly faulty logic. If someone starts a sentence with "Clearly..." or "Obviously..." or "It is self-evident that...", it is a good bet he is about to handwave (alternatively, use of these constructions in a sarcastic tone before a paraphrase of someone else's argument suggests that it is a handwave). The theory behind this term is that if you wave your hands at the right moment, the listener may be sufficiently distracted to not notice that what you have said is wrong. Failing that, if a listener does object, you might try to dismiss the objection with a wave of your hand. The use of this word is often accompanied by gestures: both hands up, palms forward, swinging the hands in a vertical plane pivoting at the elbows and/or shoulders (depending on the magnitude of the handwave); alternatively, holding the forearms in one position while rotating the hands at the wrist to make them flutter. In context, the gestures alone can suffice as a remark; if a speaker makes an outrageously unsupported assumption, you might simply wave your hands in this way, as an accusation, far more eloquent than words could express, that his logic is faulty.
- hardware — metalware, as tools, locks, hinges, or cutlery.
- hardwire — Alternative spelling of hard-wire.
- harewood — the greenish-gray wood of the sycamore maple, used for making furniture.
- harrowed — an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.
- hawkweed — any composite plant of the genus Hieracium, usually bearing yellow flowers.
- headwall — a cliff or steep slope rising at one end of a glaciated valley.
- headward — In the region or direction of the head.
- headwear — coverings for the head, especially hats.
- headwind — a wind opposed to the course of a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to tailwind).
- headword — a word, phrase, or the like, appearing as the heading of a chapter, dictionary or encyclopedia entry, etc.
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- hellward — towards hell
- hereward — called Hereward the Wake. 11th-century Anglo-Saxon rebel, who defended the Isle of Ely against William the Conqueror (1070–71): a subject of many legends
- hideaway — a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains.
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- homeward — Also, homewards. toward home.
- jawboned — Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone.
- jigsawed — Simple past tense and past participle of jigsaw.
- knapweed — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- lacewood — the quartersawed wood of the sycamore tree.
- lakewood — a city in central Colorado, near Denver.
- landwehr — (in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- latewood — Wood formed in a tree relatively late in the season.
- lawndale — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- lawyered — Simple past tense and past participle of lawyer.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- leewards — towards the lee side
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- madwomen — Plural form of madwoman.