8-letter words containing w, a, r, g
- twangler — a person who twangles
- wafering — Present participle of wafer.
- wagering — Present participle of wager.
- waggoner — Alternative spelling of wagoner.
- wagoneer — One who drives a wagon.
- walburga — Walpurgis.
- 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.
- warangal — a city in NE Telangana state, in S India.
- warbling — to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments: The canary warbled most of the day.
- 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.
- warnings — Plural form of warning.
- warragal — Alternative form of warrigal.
- warrigal — dingo.
- wart hog — wild boar with tusks
- wartburg — a castle in E Germany, in Thuringia, near Eisenach: Luther translated the New Testament here 1521–22.
- warthogs — Plural form of warthog.
- wash-rag — A wash-rag is the same as a washcloth.
- waterage — the transportation of cargo by means of ships, or the charges for such transportation
- waterdog — any of several large salamanders, as a mudpuppy or hellbender.
- 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.
- waterlog — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- wavering — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- wearying — Causing tiredness; tiring.
- wharfage — the use of a wharf: to charge higher rates for wharfage.
- wharfing — Wharfs collectively.
- wigmaker — a person who makes or sells wigs.
- wing bar — a line of contrasting color along the coverts of a bird's wing.
- wordages — Plural form of wordage.
- workbags — Plural form of workbag.
- wracking — Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.
- wrangell — Mount, an active volcano in SE Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. 14,006 feet (4269 meters).
- wrangled — to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
- wrangler — a cowboy, especially one in charge of saddle horses.
- wrangles — Plural form of wrangle.
- wrappage — The act of wrapping.
- wrapping — something to be wrapped about the person, especially in addition to the usual indoor clothing, as a shawl, scarf, or sweater: an evening wrap.
- wreaking — to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.): They wreaked havoc on the enemy.
- wreckage — act of wrecking; state of being wrecked.