8-letter words containing w, a
- treelawn — a narrow band of grass between a road and a pavement, usually planted with trees
- treeware — books, magazines, or other reading materials that are printed on paper made from wood pulp as opposed to texts in the form of computer software, CD-ROM, audio books, etc
- trewsman — a Highlander
- turf war — dispute over territory
- twaddler — trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
- twanging — to give out a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument when plucked.
- twangler — a person who twangles
- twattler — a person who twattles; a chatterbox
- tweaking — to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose.
- tweenage — (of a child) between about eight and fourteen years old
- twinleaf — a North American herb, Jeffersonia diphylla, having a single white blossom and leaves divided in two.
- two pair — a set of two cards of the same denomination together with another matched set of different denomination from the first.
- two-beat — having four beats to the measure with the second and fourth beats accented: two-beat jazz.
- two-name — (of commercial paper) having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
- two-pack — (of a paint, filler, etc) supplied as two separate components, for example a base and a catalyst, that are mixed together immediately before use
- two-star — of or being a major general, as indicated by two stars on an insignia.
- ultralow — extremely low
- unavowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- unawares — while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
- unclawed — not mauled, scratched, or otherwise damaged by claws
- underjaw — the lower jaw
- underway — occurring while under way: the underway activities on a cruise ship.
- unflawed — perfect
- unhallow — to desecrate; profane.
- unixware — (operating system) Novell's implementation of Unix System 5 heavily based on Release 4.2 but with enhancements and new bundled products. In 1993 Novell acquired Unix Systems Laboratories from AT&T along with the Unix trademark. UnixWare was the result of Novell's efforts to make Unix interoperable with Novell NetWare. In 1995 Novell sold UnixWare and the rights to the Unix operating system to SCO at a time when UnixWare was gainnig popularity. It was later the first 64-bit operating system on the Intel platform, and, in 1999, is the world's fastest-growing commercial operating system.
- unlawful — not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
- unshadow — to remove a shadow from
- unswathe — to free from something that swathes: to unswath the child of her bandages.
- unswayed — swaybacked.
- unthawed — not thawed; still frozen
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- unwaived — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
- unwalked — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- unwalled — not surrounded by walls, not having or protected by walls
- unwaning — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- unwanted — not desired or needed; not wanted: My absence generated some unwanted attention.
- unwanton — done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- unwarded — not warded or guarded; undefended
- unwarely — unwarily or incautiously; carelessly
- unwarily — not wary; not cautious or watchful, as against danger or misfortune.
- unwarmed — not warmed; unheated
- unwarned — not warned or cautioned; without warning
- unwarped — not warped, as a phonograph record or flooring.
- unwashed — not cleaned or purified by or as if by washing: unwashed dishes; the unwashed soul of a sinner.
- unwasted — waste (defs 26–28).
- unwatery — not watery
- unwaving — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- unweaned — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- unweapon — to remove weapons from; disarm
- van wert — a city in NW Ohio.