8-letter words containing w, a
- with pay — with wages or salary included
- withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- wizardly — of, like, or befitting a wizard.
- wizardry — the art, skill, or accomplishments of a wizard.
- wladimir — Vladimir.
- wolfbane — See 'wolfsbane'.
- wolffian — Christian von [kris-tee-ahn fuh n] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), Baron. Also, Wolf. 1679–1754, German philosopher and mathematician.
- wolfgang — a male given name.
- wolfpack — A family or other group of wild wolves.
- womanise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of womanize.
- womanish — womanlike or feminine.
- womanism — believing in and respecting the abilities and talents of women; acknowledging women's contributions to society.
- womanist — believing in and respecting the abilities and talents of women; acknowledging women's contributions to society.
- womanize — to make effeminate.
- wood ant — a reddish-brown European ant, Formica rufa, typically living in anthills in woodlands
- wood ear — tree ear
- wood rat — pack rat (def 1).
- wood ray — xylem ray.
- wood tar — a dark viscid product obtained from wood by distillation or by slow burning without flame, used in its natural state to preserve timber, rope, etc., or subjected to further distillation to yield creosote, oils, and a final residuum, wood pitch.
- woodchat — Also, woodchat shrike. a shrike, Lanius senator, of Europe and northern Africa, having a black forehead and a chestnut crown, nape, and mantle.
- woodland — a city in N central California.
- woodlark — a small, European songbird, Lullula arborea, noted for its song in flight.
- woodmeal — a type of flour, resembling sawdust, made from the root of the cassava plant
- woodsman — Also, woodman. a person accustomed to life in the woods and skilled in the arts of the woods, as hunting or trapping.
- woodward — C(omer) Vann, 1908–99, U.S. historian.
- woodwasp — Any of various unrelated insects of the suborder Symphyta (the sawflies, not true wasps), whose larvae are found in wood.
- woodyard — A yard where wood is chopped or stored.
- wool fat — lanolin.
- woolpack — a coarse fabric, usually of jute, in which raw wool is packed for transport.
- woolsack — a sack or bag of wool.
- woolward — with the woollen side touching the skin
- woomeras — Plural form of woomera.
- word-art — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
- wordages — Plural form of wordage.
- wordmark — (marketing) A logotype; a standardized graphic representation of the name of a company or product used for purposes of easy identification. It is is often text with unique typographic treatments. Usually the company name is incorporated together with simple graphic treatments, so that the representation of the word essentially becomes a symbol of the company.
- wordplay — clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
- workable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- workably — In an workable fashion.
- workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
- workbags — Plural form of workbag.
- workboat — a boat used for work or trade rather than sport, public transportation, or military purposes.
- workdays — Plural form of workday.
- workfare — a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training.
- workload — the amount of work that a machine, employee, or group of employees can be or is expected to perform.
- workmate — A person with whom one works.
- worksafe — (of an internet link, etc) suitable for viewing in the workplace because of an absence of pornographic content
- workwear — Clothes designed to be worn while working, especially in a physically demanding job.
- wormcast — A small pile of sand or soil, the end product of the breakdown of organic matter by an earthworm.
- wrackful — ruinous.
- wracking — Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.