8-letter words containing w, a, g
- lacewing — any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper-colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- lapwings — Plural form of lapwing.
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- longwall — noting or pertaining to a means of extracting coal or other minerals in an underground mine from a continuous face, the roof before the face being supported at intervals by temporary or movable artificial supports. Compare room-and-pillar.
- longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
- longways — longwise.
- low gear — the arrangement of gears providing little speed but great torque
- megawatt — a unit of power, equal to one million watts. Abbreviation: MW.
- new ager — a believer in New Age
- neyagawa — a city in S Honshu, Japan: a suburb of Osaka.
- own goal — In sport, if someone scores an own goal, they accidentally score a goal for the team they are playing against.
- pageview — one viewing of a web page; a single visit: Tracking pageviews is a way of predicting the advertising potential of a website.
- parawing — paraglider.
- rag week — students' annual charity fundraiser
- ragwheel — a chain or sprocket wheel
- rawlings — Marjorie Kinnan [ki-nan] /kɪˈnæn/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, U.S. novelist and journalist.
- rawlplug — a short fibre or plastic tube used to provide a fixing in a wall for a screw
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- ring taw — ringer1 (def 4).
- saw edge — the serrated edge of a saw
- sawgrass — any of various sedges of the genus Cladium, of tropical and temperate regions, having spiny, serrated leaves.
- scalawag — a scamp; rascal.
- screwage — /skroo'*j/ Like lossage but connotes that the failure is due to a designed-in misfeature rather than a simple inadequacy or a mere bug.
- sewerage — the removal of waste water and refuse by means of sewers.
- show bag — a bag containing samples, promotional material, etc, given out at trade fairs and other such events
- spanghew — to throw into the air
- spawning — Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
- strewage — strewn or discarded items
- swagging — Slang. plunder; booty. money; valuables. free merchandise distributed as part of the promotion of a product, company, etc. self-confidence and personal style as shown by one's appearance and demeanor: the top ten athletes with the most swag. schwag (def 1).
- swags of — lots of
- swagshop — a shop selling cheap goods
- swaining — courtship
- swamping — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- swapping — to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
- swashing — Printing. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter.
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- swatting — to hit; slap; smack.
- sweating — the act or process of sweating
- swingarm — the main part of the rear suspension on a motorcycle
- swingman — a player who can play either of two positions, usually guard and forward.
- tasswage — to assuage
- tea gown — a semiformal gown of fine material, especially one styled with soft, flowing lines, worn for afternoon social occasions.
- thrawing — British Dialect. to throw.
- tightwad — a close-fisted or stingy person.
- tokugawa — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns, 1603–1867.
- town gas — coal gas manufactured for domestic and industrial use
- trawling — fishing using a trawl net or trawl line
- twanging — to give out a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument when plucked.
- twangler — a person who twangles
- tweaking — to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose.