8-letter words containing w, a
- eat crow — any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- edgeways — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- edward i — ("Edward Longshanks") 1239–1307, king of England 1272–1307 (son of Henry III).
- edward v — 1470–83, king of England 1483 (son of Edward IV).
- eelwrack — eelgrass
- enswathe — Envelop or wrap in a garment or piece of fabric.
- entryway — A way in to somewhere or something; an entrance.
- enwallow — to plunge or roll around in
- enwreath — Misspelling of enwreathe.
- eschewal — The act of eschewing.
- everyway — (dated) In every way, however possible.
- eyewater — a lotion for the eyes
- face bow — a device for determining the relationship of the maxillae to the mandibular joint.
- face-bow — a device for determining the relationship of the maxillae to the mandibular joint.
- facedown — with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
- faceward — Toward the face.
- facework — The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
- fadeaway — an act or instance of fading away.
- fairview — a town in NE New Jersey.
- fairways — Plural form of fairway.
- fallaway — a shot in basketball made while moving away from the basket
- fallower — A person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
- fan worm — feather-duster worm.
- far west — the area of the U.S. west of the Great Plains.
- fare war — a period of intense competition among airlines, characterized by repeated fare reductions rather than advertising, brand promotion, etc
- farewell — Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
- farmwife — the wife of a farmer
- farmwork — The agricultural work done on a farm.
- farrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of farrow.
- fauxhawk — An imitation of the Mohawk (=UK Mohican) hairstyle in which a central tuft is created using gel without having to shave the sides of the head.
- fernshaw — a thicket of ferns
- fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.
- finedraw — (transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- fishhawk — The osprey.
- fishways — Plural form of fishway.
- flat-saw — plain-saw.
- flatware — utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- flatwash — an area of solid colour, whether in artwork or scenery
- flatways — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- flatwise — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- flatwork — sheets, tablecloths, etc., that are ordinarily ironed mechanically, as on a mangle, rather than by hand.
- flatworm — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth.
- flawless — having no defects or faults, especially none that diminish the value of something: a flawless Ming Dynasty vase.
- flaxweed — Toadflax.
- fleawort — a European plantain, Plantago psyllium, having seeds that are used in medicine.
- floodway — the channel and adjacent shore areas under water during a flood, especially as determined for a flood of a given height.