8-letter words containing w, d, o
- subworld — in literary theory, a world 'created' by a character within a text world or fiction, for example through a flashback or reminiscence on the part of the character; the subworld is subordinate to but not part of the text world
- swelldom — fashionable society
- swordman — swordsman.
- swounded — swoon.
- takedown — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- teakwood — the wood of the teak.
- teardown — a taking apart; disassembly.
- the word — the proper or most fitting expression
- thindown — a reduction in the number of particles, esp protons, of very high energy reaching and penetrating the earth's atmosphere from outer space
- tie down — that with which anything is tied.
- tie-down — a device for tying something down.
- top-down — See under structured programming.
- towardly — apt to learn; promising.
- townland — a division of land of various sizes
- townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
- turndown — that is or may be turned down; folded or doubled down: a turndown collar.
- two-door — (of a car) having two doors
- two-fold — a unit of stage scenery consisting of two flats hinged together.
- unavowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- undertow — the seaward, subsurface flow or draft of water from waves breaking on a beach.
- unplowed — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- unshadow — to remove a shadow from
- unstowed — to remove (tools, utensils, equipment, etc.) from stowage, especially in preparation for use.
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- unwisdom — lack of wisdom; folly; rashness; recklessness: an act of unwisdom.
- unwonted — not customary or usual; rare: unwonted kindness.
- unwooded — not wooded; lacking woods or trees
- unworded — not expressed in words
- unworked — not worked; not used; not exerted
- unwormed — (of animals) not rid of worms
- verwoerd — Hendrik Frensch [hen-drik frens] /ˈhɛn drɪk frɛns/ (Show IPA), 1901–66, South African political leader, born in the Netherlands: prime minister 1958–66.
- waldhorn — an organ reed stop
- walkdown — a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps: It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.
- walloped — to beat soundly; thrash.
- wallowed — Simple past tense and past participle of wallow.
- wanderoo — any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
- wantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of wanton.
- wanwordy — without merit
- war bond — debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war
- ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- wardcorn — a payment of corn in the feudal law system
- wardmote — (historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.
- wardrobe — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- wardroom — the area serving as the living quarters for all commissioned officers except the commanding officer.
- warlords — Plural form of warlord.
- washdown — the act or process of washing down, as in cleaning something completely.
- watchdog — a dog kept to guard property.
- waterdog — any of several large salamanders, as a mudpuppy or hellbender.
- wayboard — a thin geological seam separating larger strata
- weaponed — Armed with a weapon.