8-letter words containing w, e, a, n
- no-sweat — requiring little effort; easy: a no-sweat job.
- obwalden — one of the two divisions of the canton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 189 sq. mi. (490 sq. km). Capital: Sarnen.
- open-jaw — relating to a ticket that allows a traveller to arrive in one place and depart from another
- ovenware — heat-resistant dishes of glass, pottery, etc., for baking and serving food; bakeware.
- pawnable — able to be pawned
- penwoman — a female writer
- pre-dawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
- predrawn — 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).
- rainwear — waterproof or water-repellent clothing.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- reawaken — rouse or arouse again
- sandwell — a unitary authority in central England, in West Midlands. Pop: 285 000 (2003 est). Area: 86 sq km (33 sq miles)
- sawbones — a surgeon or physician.
- say when — to state when an action is to be stopped or begun, as when someone is pouring a drink
- schwaben — German name of Swabia.
- seawoman — a woman sailor or a woman who works on a ship or in the navy
- shawnees — a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe formerly in the east-central U.S., now in Oklahoma.
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- snow pea — a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon, having thin, flat, edible pods that are used in cookery.
- span-new — brand-new.
- spanghew — to throw into the air
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- suwannee — a river in SE Georgia and N Florida, flowing SW to the Gulf of Mexico. 240 miles (386 km) long.
- swamphen — any of several large Old World gallinules varying from purple to white, all possibly belonging to the single species Porphyrio porphyrio.
- swanherd — a person who tends swans.
- swannery — a place where swans are raised.
- swear in — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- sweating — the act or process of sweating
- sweetman — (in the Caribbean) a man kept by a woman
- szechwan — Sichuan.
- takedown — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- tarwhine — a bream, Rhabdosargus sarba, of E Australia, silver in colour with gold streaks
- tea gown — a semiformal gown of fine material, especially one styled with soft, flowing lines, worn for afternoon social occasions.
- teardown — a taking apart; disassembly.
- the swan — the constellation Cygnus
- the wain — Charles's Wain
- towerman — Railroads. a person who works in a switch tower and, by means of a signal box, directs the movement of trains.
- townwear — tailored, usually conservative clothing appropriate for business or other activities in a town or city.
- towplane — an aeroplane that tows gliders
- treelawn — a narrow band of grass between a road and a pavement, usually planted with trees
- trewsman — a Highlander
- twangler — a person who twangles
- tweaking — to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose.
- tweenage — (of a child) between about eight and fourteen years old
- twinleaf — a North American herb, Jeffersonia diphylla, having a single white blossom and leaves divided in two.
- two-name — (of commercial paper) having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
- unavowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- unawares — while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.