8-letter words containing w, a, d
- drawbars — Plural form of drawbar.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.
- drawcard — drawing card.
- drawdown — a lowering of water surface level, as in a well.
- drawhole — a funnel-shaped vertical opening cut at the bottom of a stope, which permits the loading of ore into conveyances in the passageways below.
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- drawling — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- drawlink — (rail transport) drawbar.
- drawtube — a tube sliding within another tube, as the tube carrying the eyepiece in a microscope.
- driftway — A common road or path for driving cattle.
- driveway — a road, especially a private one, leading from a street or other thoroughfare to a building, house, garage, etc.
- dry wash — clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash.
- dry-wall — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- drywalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drywall.
- duckwalk — Walk with the body in a squatting posture.
- dwarfing — Present participle of dwarf.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- 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.
- floodway — the channel and adjacent shore areas under water during a flood, especially as determined for a flood of a given height.
- foldaway — designed to be folded out of the way when not in use: a foldaway bed.
- foodways — the customs and traditions relating to food and its preparation
- foreward — (obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.
- forwards — forward.
- 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.
- gadwalls — Plural form of gadwall.
- gewgawed — something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.
- gladwrap — a thin polythene material that clings closely to any surface around which it is placed: used for wrapping food
- goalward — relating to a move towards a goal
- goatweed — a plant of the genus Capraria
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- gondwana — a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era to form South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
- gottwald — Klement [kle-ment] /ˈklɛ mɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, Czech Communist leader: prime minister 1946–48; president 1948–53.
- 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.
- gurdwara — a Sikh temple in India.
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- hailwood — Mike, full name Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood. 1940–81, English racing motorcyclist: world champion (250 cc.) 1961 and 1966–67; (350 cc.) 1966–67; and (500 cc.) 1962–65