8-letter words containing w, a, r, e
- water ox — water buffalo.
- waterage — the transportation of cargo by means of ships, or the charges for such transportation
- waterbed — a bed having a liquid-filled rubber or plastic mattress in a rigid, often heated, waterproof frame, and providing a surface that conforms to the sleeper's body in any position.
- waterboy — Alternative spelling of water boy.
- waterbus — Alternative spelling of water bus.
- waterdog — any of several large salamanders, as a mudpuppy or hellbender.
- watereth — Archaic third-person singular form of water.
- waterhen — An aquatic rail, especially a moorhen or related bird.
- waterily — In a watery manner.
- 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.
- waterish — somewhat, or tending to be, watery.
- waterjet — a stream of water forced out through a small aperture.
- waterlog — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- waterloo — a village in central Belgium, south of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815.
- waterman — a person who manages or works on a boat; boatman.
- watermen — Plural form of waterman.
- waterpot — A pot or jug for holding water.
- waterpox — chickenpox
- waterski — Each of a pair of skis enabling the wearer to skim the surface of the water when towed by a motorboat.
- waterway — a river, canal, or other body of water serving as a route or way of travel or transport.
- waveform — the shape of a wave, a graph obtained by plotting the instantaneous values of a periodic quantity against the time.
- waverers — Plural form of waverer.
- wavering — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- waverley — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
- wax tree — a Japanese anacardiaceous tree, Rhus succedanea, having white berries that yield wax
- waxberry — the wax myrtle or the bayberry.
- wayfarer — a traveler, especially on foot.
- waywiser — a device formerly used for measuring distance travelled by road
- weakener — A person who, or thing that weakens.
- weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
- wear off — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- wear out — the act of wearing; use, as of a garment: articles for winter wear; I've had a lot of wear out of this coat; I had to throw away the shirt after only three wears.
- wear-out — the act or fact of wearing out; a worn-out condition: wear-out at the knees of pants.
- wearable — capable of being worn; appropriate, suitable, or ready for wearing: old shoes that are still wearable.
- weariest — Superlative form of weary.
- weariful — full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
- wearying — Causing tiredness; tiring.
- weathers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weather.
- web farm — a large website that uses two or more servers to handle user requests
- webboard — an internet site where users can post messages, tutorials, information, and topics for discussion
- wellfare — Obsolete form of welfare.
- werebear — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between bear and human form.
- westenra — Hayley (Dee). born 1987, New Zealand singer, known for the purity of her voice in many musical genres
- westward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west: a westward migration of farm workers.
- wharenui — An ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of a tupuna, forming part of the larger marae complex.
- wharfage — the use of a wharf: to charge higher rates for wharfage.
- wharves' — a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
- whatever — in any amount; to any extent: whatever merit the work has.
- wheatear — any of several small, chiefly Old World thrushes of the genus Oenanthe, having a distinctive white rump, especially O. oenanthe, of Eurasia and North America.
- whitaker — a male given name.