8-letter words containing w, a, r
- becoward — to make cowardly, to make into a coward
- bedstraw — any of numerous rubiaceous plants of the genus Galium, which have small white or yellow flowers and prickly or hairy fruits: some species formerly used as straw for beds as they are aromatic when dry
- bedwards — towards bed
- bellmawr — a borough in SW New Jersey.
- bescrawl — to cover with scrawls
- bewaring — to be wary, cautious, or careful of (usually used imperatively): Beware such inconsistency. Beware his waspish wit.
- blowhard — If you describe someone as a blowhard, you mean that they express their opinions very forcefully, and usually in a boastful way.
- blowkart — a simple wheeled vehicle such as a go-kart which has been fitted with a sail and is powered by the wind
- bodywear — close-fitting clothing, as leotards or bodysuits, made of lightweight, usually stretch fabrics and worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
- boer war — either of two conflicts between Britain and the South African Boers, the first (1880–1881) when the Boers sought to regain the independence given up for British aid against the Zulus, the second (1899–1902) when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain
- bowgrace — a fender or pad used to protect the bows of a vessel from ice.
- bradshaw — a British railway timetable, published annually from 1839 to 1961
- brainbow — the result of a process by which the individual neurons of a brain can be mapped with fluorescent proteins under a light source
- bramwell — a male given name.
- brawling — a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
- brigalow — any of various acacia trees
- broadway — a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US
- browband — the strap of a horse's bridle that goes across the forehead
- browbeat — If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.
- by water — by ship or boat
- cagework — openwork resembling the bars of a cage
- callware — (company) The developers of Phonetastic.
- camwhore — a person who performs sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward him or her with money or gifts
- caneware — a type of unglazed, tan-coloured stoneware, developed around 1770 by Josiah Wedgwood
- canework — strips of cane that are interlaced and used in cane chairs or the like.
- capework — the use of the cape by the matador
- car wash — a place or structure having special equipment for washing automobiles.
- careware — computer software licensed in exchange for a donation to charity
- careworn — A person who looks careworn looks worried, tired, and unhappy.
- carraway — Alternative form of caraway.
- casework — Casework is social work that involves actually dealing or working with the people who need help.
- caseworm — any of various insect larvae that build protective cases about their bodies
- catworks — the machinery used on a drilling platform
- cawnpore — former name of Kanpur.
- chawdron — the entrails of an animal
- cityward — towards a city
- clamworm — any of several burrowing polychaete worms of the genus Nereis, used as bait for fishing.
- claw bar — a crowbar or lever having a bend at one end with a claw for pulling spikes.
- clayware — pottery
- clearway — a stretch of road on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
- cold war — The Cold War was the period of hostility and tension between the Soviet bloc and the Western powers that followed the Second World War.
- colorway — (arts) The scheme of two or more colors in which a design is available. It is often used to describe variegated or ombre (shades of one color) print yarns, fabric, or thread. It can also be applied to apparel, to wallpaper and other interior design motifs, and to specifications for printed materials such as magazines or newspapers.
- cookware — Cookware is the range of pans and pots which are used in cooking.
- cordwain — cordovan leather
- core war — (games) (Or more recently, "Core Wars") A game played between assembly code programs running in the core of a simulated machine (and vicariously by their authors). The objective is to kill your opponents' programs by overwriting them. The programs are written using an instruction set called "Redcode" and run on a virtual machine called "MARS" (Memory Array Redcode Simulator). Core War was devised by Victor Vyssotsky, Robert Morris Sr., and Dennis Ritchie in the early 1960s (their original game was called "Darwin" and ran on a PDP-1 at Bell Labs). It was first described in the "Core War Guidelines" of March, 1984 by D. G. Jones and A. K. Dewdney of the Department of Computer Science at The University of Western Ontario (Canada). Dewdney wrote several "Computer Recreations" articles in "Scientific American" which discussed Core War, starting with the May 1984 article. Those articles are contained in the two anthologies cited below. A.K. Dewdney's articles are still the most readable introduction to Core War, even though the Redcode dialect described in there is no longer current. The International Core War Society (ICWS) creates and maintains Core War standards and the runs Core War tournaments. There have been six annual tournaments and two standards (ICWS'86 and ICWS'88).
- corn law — any of the laws regulating domestic and foreign trading of grain, the last of which was repealed in 1846.
- cornwall — a former administrative county of SW England; became a unitary authority in 2009: hilly, with a deeply indented coastline. Administrative centre: Truro. Pop: 513 500 (2003 est). Area: 3564 sq km (1376 sq miles)
- cowalker — A phantom or astral body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelganger.
- cowardly — If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
- cowardry — Lb uncommon Cowardice.