8-letter words containing w, e, a, n
- unclawed — not mauled, scratched, or otherwise damaged by claws
- underjaw — the lower jaw
- underway — occurring while under way: the underway activities on a cruise ship.
- unflawed — perfect
- unixware — (operating system) Novell's implementation of Unix System 5 heavily based on Release 4.2 but with enhancements and new bundled products. In 1993 Novell acquired Unix Systems Laboratories from AT&T along with the Unix trademark. UnixWare was the result of Novell's efforts to make Unix interoperable with Novell NetWare. In 1995 Novell sold UnixWare and the rights to the Unix operating system to SCO at a time when UnixWare was gainnig popularity. It was later the first 64-bit operating system on the Intel platform, and, in 1999, is the world's fastest-growing commercial operating system.
- unswathe — to free from something that swathes: to unswath the child of her bandages.
- unswayed — swaybacked.
- unthawed — not thawed; still frozen
- unwaived — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
- unwalked — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- unwalled — not surrounded by walls, not having or protected by walls
- unwanted — not desired or needed; not wanted: My absence generated some unwanted attention.
- unwarded — not warded or guarded; undefended
- unwarely — unwarily or incautiously; carelessly
- unwarmed — not warmed; unheated
- unwarned — not warned or cautioned; without warning
- unwarped — not warped, as a phonograph record or flooring.
- unwashed — not cleaned or purified by or as if by washing: unwashed dishes; the unwashed soul of a sinner.
- unwasted — waste (defs 26–28).
- unwatery — not watery
- unweaned — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- unweapon — to remove weapons from; disarm
- van wert — a city in NW Ohio.
- wafering — Present participle of wafer.
- wagering — Present participle of wager.
- waggoner — Alternative spelling of wagoner.
- wagonage — transportation or conveyance by wagon.
- wagoneer — One who drives a wagon.
- wahpeton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- wakening — awakening.
- wallenda — Karl [kahrl;; German kahrl] /kɑrl;; German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1905–78, German circus aerialist.
- wallsend — a city in Tyne and Wear, NE England, near the mouth of the Tyne River.
- wandered — to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
- wanderer — a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
- wanderoo — any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
- wanhsien — Wade-Giles. Wanxian.
- wannabee — wannabe.
- wannabes — Plural form of wannabe.
- wantless — (archaic) Having no want; abundant; fruitful.
- wantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of wanton.
- wantoner — someone who behaves in a wanton manner
- wanweird — (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Misfortune; ill or unhappy fate.
- war nose — the explosive forward section of a projectile, as of a torpedo or shell; warhead.
- war zone — (during wartime) a combat area in which the rights of neutrals are suspended, as such an area on the high seas, where ships flying a neutral flag are subject to attack.
- wardenry — the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.
- wariment — caution
- wariness — the state or quality of being wary.
- warmness — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- warplane — an airplane designed for, or used in, warfare.
- warrener — the keeper of a rabbit warren.