8-letter words containing w, a

nasarawa — a state of Nigeria, in the centre east of Abuja. Capital: Lafia. Pop: 1 863 275(2006). Area: 27 117 sq km (10 470 sq miles)
neckwear — articles of dress worn round or at the neck.
new ager — a believer in New Age
new deal — the principles of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, especially those advocated under the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for economic recovery and social reforms.
new face — Someone who is new in a particular public role can be referred to as a new face.
new math — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
new talk — ntalk
new wave — a movement, trend, or vogue, as in art, literature, or politics, that breaks with traditional concepts, values, techniques, or the like.
new year — New Year's Day.
newhaven — a seaport in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
newlands — John Alexander. 1838–98, British chemist: classified the elements in order of their atomic weight, noticing similarities in every eighth and thus discovering his law of octaves
newsbeat — beat (def 40b).
newscast — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
newshawk — a newspaper reporter, especially one who is energetic and aggressive.
newslady — A newswoman.
newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
newwaver — a member of a new wave
neyagawa — a city in S Honshu, Japan: a suburb of Osaka.
no sweat — Informal. (of clothes) made to be worn for exercise, sports, or other physical activity. made of the absorbent fabric used for such clothes: sweat dresses. of, for, or associated with such clothes: the sweat look in sportswear.
no-sweat — requiring little effort; easy: a no-sweat job.
nottaway — a river in SW Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to James Bay. 140 miles (225 km) long.
nottoway — a river in S Virginia, flowing SE to the Blackwater River at the North Carolina border. 170 miles (274 km) long.
now that — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
oak lawn — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
oak wilt — a disease of oaks, characterized by wilting and discoloration of the leaves and defoliation, usually starting at and spreading from the top of the tree and the ends of the branches, caused by a fungus, Chalara quercina.
obwalden — one of the two divisions of the canton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 189 sq. mi. (490 sq. km). Capital: Sarnen.
oldsquaw — A marine diving duck that breeds in Arctic Eurasia and North America, the male having very long tail feathers and mainly white plumage in winter.
on watch — If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
onwardly — moving forward; advancing
open-jaw — relating to a ticket that allows a traveller to arrive in one place and depart from another
oral law — the traditional body of religious law believed to have been revealed to Moses as an interpretation of the Torah and passed on orally until it was codified and recorded, principally in the Mishna and Gemara
outbrawl — to defeat in a brawl
outcrawl — to crawl further than or faster than
outlawed — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
outlawry — the act or process of outlawing.
outswear — to outdo in swearing.
outwards — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
outwaste — to squander or use up wastefully
outwatch — to outdo or surpass in watching.
outweary — to exhaust completely
ovenware — heat-resistant dishes of glass, pottery, etc., for baking and serving food; bakeware.
overawed — Impress (someone) so much that they become silent or inhibited.
overawes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overawe.
overdraw — to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account.
oversway — to overrule
overwarm — to make too warm
overwary — excessively wary
overwash — the act of washing over something
overweak — too weak

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