8-letter words containing w, a
- dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
- doorways — Plural form of doorway.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- downhaul — any of various lines for pulling down a sail or a yard, as for securing in a lowered position when not in use.
- downland — An area of rolling downs, often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.
- download — to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device.
- downplay — to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- downtake — a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like downward from a furnace, opening, etc.
- downward — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- dowsabel — sweetheart.
- drangway — a narrow lane; passageway
- draw off — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw out — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw top — a tabletop that can be extended by drawing out and raising leaves suspended from either end.
- drawable — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- drawback — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- drawbars — Plural form of drawbar.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.
- drawcard — drawing card.
- drawdown — a lowering of water surface level, as in a well.
- drawhole — a funnel-shaped vertical opening cut at the bottom of a stope, which permits the loading of ore into conveyances in the passageways below.
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- drawling — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- drawlink — (rail transport) drawbar.
- drawtube — a tube sliding within another tube, as the tube carrying the eyepiece in a microscope.
- driftway — A common road or path for driving cattle.
- driveway — a road, especially a private one, leading from a street or other thoroughfare to a building, house, garage, etc.
- dry wash — clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash.
- dry-wall — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- drywalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drywall.
- duckwalk — Walk with the body in a squatting posture.
- dwarfing — Present participle of dwarf.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- e-wallet — an electronic device, website, software system, or database that facilitates commercial transactions by storing a consumer's credit card, shipping address, and other payment data.
- each way — If you bet money each way on the result of a horse race or a dog race, you will win some money if the animal you bet on comes first, second, third, or sometimes fourth.
- ear worm — a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.
- ear-worm — a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.
- earwiggy — having an infestation or a swarm of earwigs
- earworms — Plural form of earworm.
- earywigs — Plural form of earywig.
- eastward — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- eastwood — Clint, born 1930, U.S. actor and director.
- eat away — gnaw at, erode