8-letter words containing w, a
- werebear — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between bear and human form.
- wesleyan — of or relating to John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
- west ham — a former borough, now part of Newham, in SE England, near London.
- westenra — Hayley (Dee). born 1987, New Zealand singer, known for the purity of her voice in many musical genres
- westlake — a city in N Ohio.
- westland — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- westward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west: a westward migration of farm workers.
- wet pack — a type of bath in which wet sheets are applied to the patient.
- wet wash — laundry that has been washed but not dried or ironed. Compare dry wash (def 1).
- wetbacks — Plural form of wetback; a slur towards persons of Mexican descent in the United States.
- wetlands — Plural form of wetland An area or region that is characteristically saturated; a marsh.
- wettable — able to be wetted.
- whacking — large.
- whackjob — (colloquial, pejorative) A crazy, possibly dangerous, person.
- whaddaya — Eye dialect of what do you
- whakairo — the art of carving
- whaleman — a person whose occupation is whaling; whaler.
- whammies — Plural form of whammy.
- whangees — Plural form of whangee.
- whanging — a resounding blow.
- whapping — whopping.
- 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.
- wharfing — Wharfs collectively.
- wharfman — A man who works on a wharf.
- 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.
- what for — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- whatever — in any amount; to any extent: whatever merit the work has.
- whatness — (philosophy) Essence; quiddity.
- whatnots — Plural form of whatnot.
- whatsits — Plural form of whatsit.
- 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.
- wheatish — (of the complexion) of the pale golden colour of ripe wheat; light brown.
- wheatley — Phillis [fil-is] /ˈfɪl ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1753?–84, American poet, born in Africa; probably Senegal.
- wheelman — Also, wheelsman [hweelz-muh n, weel-] /ˈʰwilz mən, ˈwil-/ (Show IPA). a helmsman or steersman.
- wheyface — a face that or a person who is pallid, as from fear.
- whichway — every (def 6).
- whimwham — any odd or fanciful object or thing; a gimcrack.
- whinchat — a small Old World thrush, Saxicola rubetra, having a buff-colored breast and white streaks in the tail.
- whinyard — a sword
- whipjack — a beggar imitating a distressed sailor
- whiplash — the lash of a whip.
- whipsaws — Plural form of whipsaw.
- whiptail — any of numerous New World lizards of the family Teiidae, especially of the genus Cnemidophorus, characterized by great agility and alertness.
- whirlbat — a weapon used in medieval times
- whitaker — a male given name.
- whitecap — a wave with a broken and foaming white crest.
- whitelaw — William (Stephen Ian), 1st Viscount Whitelaw of Penrith. 1918–99, British Conservative politician; Home Secretary (1979–83); leader of the House of Lords (1983–88)
- whiteman — Paul ("Pops") 1891–1967, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- whitrack — a weasel; ermine or stoat.