8-letter words containing w, a, d
- tailwind — a wind coming from directly behind a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to headwind).
- takedown — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- teakwood — the wood of the teak.
- teardown — a taking apart; disassembly.
- thraward — contrary, stubborn or obstinate
- tidewave — the swell of the earth's water levels as the tide moves
- tightwad — a close-fisted or stingy person.
- towardly — apt to learn; promising.
- townland — a division of land of various sizes
- twaddler — trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
- unavowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- unclawed — not mauled, scratched, or otherwise damaged by claws
- underjaw — the lower jaw
- underway — occurring while under way: the underway activities on a cruise ship.
- unflawed — perfect
- unshadow — to remove a shadow from
- unswayed — swaybacked.
- unthawed — not thawed; still frozen
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- unwaived — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
- unwalked — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- unwalled — not surrounded by walls, not having or protected by walls
- unwanted — not desired or needed; not wanted: My absence generated some unwanted attention.
- unwarded — not warded or guarded; undefended
- unwarmed — not warmed; unheated
- unwarned — not warned or cautioned; without warning
- unwarped — not warped, as a phonograph record or flooring.
- unwashed — not cleaned or purified by or as if by washing: unwashed dishes; the unwashed soul of a sinner.
- unwasted — waste (defs 26–28).
- unweaned — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- viewdata — an interactive videotex service provided over a telephone line or television cable.
- waddling — Present participle of waddle.
- wadeable — that can be waded: a wadable stream.
- waitered — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waivered — Allowed by waiver; permitted by exception granted from otherwise applicable rules.
- waldglas — common medieval and Renaissance glassware, made from unrefined materials and characterized by a green color.
- waldheim — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1918–2007, Austrian diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations 1972–82; president of Austria 1986–92.
- waldhorn — an organ reed stop
- waldrapp — the hermit ibis, Geronticus eremita, found in parts of N Africa and the Middle East
- waldwick — a city in N New Jersey.
- walkdown — a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps: It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.
- wallenda — Karl [kahrl;; German kahrl] /kɑrl;; German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1905–78, German circus aerialist.
- walleyed — having eyes in which there is an abnormal amount of the white showing, because of divergent strabismus.
- walloped — to beat soundly; thrash.
- wallowed — Simple past tense and past participle of wallow.
- wallsend — a city in Tyne and Wear, NE England, near the mouth of the Tyne River.
- wandered — to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
- wanderer — a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
- wanderoo — any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
- wandsman — verger (def 2).