8-letter words containing w, a, i, n
- unwaning — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- unwarily — not wary; not cautious or watchful, as against danger or misfortune.
- unwaving — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- wabanaki — Abenaki.
- waddling — Present participle of waddle.
- wafering — Present participle of wafer.
- waffling — to talk foolishly or without purpose; idle away time talking.
- wagering — Present participle of wager.
- waggling — Present participle of waggle.
- wailings — Plural form of wailing.
- wainscot — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- waisting — That which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).
- waitrons — Plural form of waitron.
- waitsian — of Tom Waits (born 1949), US singer and songwriter, or his works
- wakening — awakening.
- wallonia — a region in S Belgium: chiefly French-speaking. 6504 sq. mi. (16,844 sq. km).
- waltzing — Present participle of waltz.
- wanganui — a port in New Zealand, on SW North Island: centre for a dairy-farming and sheep-rearing district. Pop: 43 600 (2004 est)
- wangling — Present participle of wangle.
- wanhsien — Wade-Giles. Wanxian.
- wannigan — a lumberjack's trunk.
- wanthill — a molehill
- wanweird — (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Misfortune; ill or unhappy fate.
- warbling — to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments: The canary warbled most of the day.
- warfarin — a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble anticoagulant, C 19 H 16 O 4 , used chiefly as a rodenticide.
- wariment — caution
- wariness — the state or quality of being wary.
- warisons — Plural form of warison.
- warnings — Plural form of warning.
- warpaint — A pigment or paint traditionally used in some societies, especially those of North American Indians, to decorate the face and body before battle.
- washings — the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution.
- wastebin — A wastebasket; a bin used for household or office waste.
- wastings — Plural form of wasting.
- watching — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- watering — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- watsonia — any of various iridaceous plants of the genus Watsonia, native to southern Africa, having sword-shaped leaves and spikes of white or reddish flowers.
- wattling — An interwoven mesh of twigs; wattle.
- waulking — Present participle of waulk.
- wavering — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- waviness — curving alternately in opposite directions; undulating: a wavy course; wavy hair.
- waxiness — The quality of being waxy.
- waxwings — Plural form of waxwing.
- waygoing — the act of leaving; departure; leavetaking.
- waypoint — a place or point between major points on a route.
- weakling — a person who is physically or morally weak.
- weanling — a child or animal newly weaned.
- wearying — Causing tiredness; tiring.
- weavings — Plural form of weaving.
- weighman — a person whose occupation is weighing goods, produce, etc.
- weismann — August [ou-goo st] /ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1834–1914, German biologist.