8-letter words containing w, a, r, e
- fallower — A person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
- far west — the area of the U.S. west of the Great Plains.
- fare war — a period of intense competition among airlines, characterized by repeated fare reductions rather than advertising, brand promotion, etc
- farewell — Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
- farmwife — the wife of a farmer
- farrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of farrow.
- fernshaw — a thicket of ferns
- finedraw — (transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- flatware — utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- fleawort — a European plantain, Plantago psyllium, having seeds that are used in medicine.
- flowrate — The flowrate is the speed at which fluid in a pipe moves, or the speed at which it moves from a reservoir into a wellbore.
- footwear — articles to be worn on the feet, as shoes, slippers, or boots.
- forepaws — Plural form of forepaw.
- forewall — The foremost outer wall of a fortification.
- foreward — (obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.
- forewarn — to warn in advance.
- forswear — to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
- forwaste — to waste completely
- forweary — to exhaust
- freeware — computer software distributed without charge.
- freeways — Plural form of freeway.
- fret saw — a long, narrow-bladed saw used to cut ornamental work from thin wood. Compare coping saw.
- gapeworm — a nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that causes gapes.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- giftware — china, crystal, or other items suitable for gifts.
- gnatwren — a small bird of the gnatcatcher family
- greenway — any scenic trail or route set aside for travel or recreational activities.
- growable — able to be cultivated or grown
- hardware — metalware, as tools, locks, hinges, or cutlery.
- hardwire — Alternative spelling of hard-wire.
- harewood — the greenish-gray wood of the sycamore maple, used for making furniture.
- harrowed — an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.
- harrower — an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.
- headward — In the region or direction of the head.
- headwear — coverings for the head, especially hats.
- headword — a word, phrase, or the like, appearing as the heading of a chapter, dictionary or encyclopedia entry, etc.
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- hellward — towards hell
- hereaway — hereabout.
- hereward — called Hereward the Wake. 11th-century Anglo-Saxon rebel, who defended the Isle of Ely against William the Conqueror (1070–71): a subject of many legends
- hernshaw — a heron.
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- homeward — Also, homewards. toward home.
- homeware — crockery, furniture, and furnishings with which a house, room, etc, is furnished
- horseway — a bridleway
- interwar — occurring during a period of peace between two wars, especially between World War I and World War II.