7-letter words containing w, a, r, e
- earworm — a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.
- earywig — (regional) earwig.
- edwards — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
- enwraps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enwrap.
- eyewear — Things worn on the eyes, such as spectacles and contact lenses.
- fatware — (computing, informal) Bloatware.
- forepaw — the paw of a foreleg.
- foresaw — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- frawzey — a celebration; treat
- freeway — an express highway with no intersections, usually having traffic routed on and off by means of a cloverleaf.
- fretsaw — A saw with a narrow blade stretched vertically on a frame, for cutting thin wood in patterns.
- gaekwar — the title of the ruler of the former native state of Baroda in India
- gawkers — Plural form of gawker.
- gawkier — Comparative form of gawky.
- harwell — a village in S England, in Oxfordshire: atomic research station (1947)
- hawkers — Plural form of hawker.
- hawsers — Plural form of hawser.
- haywire — wire used to bind bales of hay.
- heyward — DuBose [duh-bohz] /dəˈboʊz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1940, U.S. playwright, novelist, and poet.
- jawrope — a rope tied across the jaw of a gaff to hold it to the mast.
- kwartje — a silver 25-cent piece of the Netherlands.
- lawfare — the use of the law by a country against its enemies, esp by challenging the legality of military or foreign policy
- lawyers — Plural form of lawyer.
- leeward — pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the quarter toward which the wind blows (opposed to windward).
- legwear — Hosiery.
- malware — software intended to damage a computer, mobile device, computer system, or computer network, or to take partial control over its operation: tips on finding and removing viruses, spyware, and other malware.
- marlowe — Christopher, 1564–93, English dramatist and poet.
- medawar — Peter Brian, 1915–87, English zoologist and anatomist, born in Brazil: Nobel Prize in medicine 1960.
- nagware — Computer software that is free for a trial period during which the user is frequently reminded on screen to register and pay for the program in order to continue using it when the trial period is over.
- netware — Novell NetWare
- oarweed — any of various brown seaweeds, esp a kelp of the genus Laminaria, with long broad fronds, common below the low-water mark
- outwear — to wear or last longer than; outlast: a well-made product that outwears its competition.
- overawe — to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate: He often uses that imperious scowl to overawe his subordinates.
- oversaw — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- payware — /pay'weir/ Commercial software. Opposite: shareware or freeware.
- pc-ware — Pejorative term for software full of PC-isms on a machine with a more capable operating system.
- pre-law — of, relating to, or engaged in studies in preparation for the formal study of law.
- pre-war — Pre-war is used to describe things that happened, existed, or were made in the period immediately before a war, especially the Second World War, 1939-45.
- predawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
- prewarm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- prewarn — to warn in advance
- prewash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- prewrap — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- raceway — Chiefly British. a passage or channel for water, as a millrace.
- ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
- rawhead — a bogeyman, esp one with a skull as its head
- rawhide — untanned skin of cattle or other animals.
- rawness — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- reawake — to awake again
- reawoke — waking; not sleeping.