8-letter words containing w, a, r, e
- waggoner — Alternative spelling of wagoner.
- wagoneer — One who drives a wagon.
- waitered — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waitress — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waivered — Allowed by waiver; permitted by exception granted from otherwise applicable rules.
- wakeover — A sleepover party in a public place, such as a church, at which little or no sleep actually gets done.
- wakerife — wakeful.
- walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- walkyrie — Valkyrie.
- wall rue — a small, delicate fern, Asplenium rutamuraria, having fan-shaped leaflets and growing on walls and cliffs.
- walloper — to beat soundly; thrash.
- wallower — a person or thing that wallows.
- walruses — Plural form of walrus.
- waltzers — Plural form of waltzer.
- wandered — to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
- wanderer — a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
- wanderoo — any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
- wantoner — someone who behaves in a wanton manner
- wanweird — (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Misfortune; ill or unhappy fate.
- war game — a simulated military operation, carried out to test the validity of a war plan or operational concept: in its simplest form, two opposing teams of officers take part, and when necessary, military units of the required strength are employed.
- war hero — a person who is admired for bravery in war
- war nose — the explosive forward section of a projectile, as of a torpedo or shell; warhead.
- war zone — (during wartime) a combat area in which the rights of neutrals are suspended, as such an area on the high seas, where ships flying a neutral flag are subject to attack.
- warblers — Plural form of warbler.
- wardenry — the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.
- wardmate — A pal met while staying at a hospital.
- wardmote — (historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.
- wardress — a woman who is a warder.
- wardrobe — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- wareless — careless
- wareroom — a room in which goods are stored or are displayed for sale.
- warfarer — a person engaged in warfare; a warrior
- warfield — David, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.
- wargames — (recreation) (Not "War Games") A 1983 film about a schoolboy cracker using a wardialer to try to break into a games company's computer and accidentally connecting to a backdoor into "Whopper", a ficticious C3 computer at Norad (USAF). He then procedes to unwittingly initiate global thermonuclear warfare. Playing naughts and crosses finally teaches Whopper that the only way to win the game is never to play.
- warhable — able to fight in war
- warheads — Plural form of warhead.
- warhorse — a horse used in war; charger.
- wariment — caution
- wariness — the state or quality of being wary.
- warmaker — someone who wages war
- warmness — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- warplane — an airplane designed for, or used in, warfare.
- warpower — the ability to wage war
- warpwise — in a vertical direction; at right angles to the filling; lengthwise.
- warrener — the keeper of a rabbit warren.
- wartless — Without warts.
- wartweed — any of various plants, Euphorbia Helioscopia, E. Peplus and Chelidonium majus, used to cure warts
- wastrels — Plural form of wastrel.
- wastrife — wastefulness
- watchers — Plural form of watcher.