8-letter words containing w, e, a, n
- ironware — articles of iron, as pots, kettles, or tools; hardware.
- jawboned — Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone.
- jawboner — a person who jawbones
- jawbones — Plural form of jawbone.
- jawlines — Plural form of jawline.
- kangwane — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa; abolished in 1994. Capital: Schoemansdal
- keewatin — a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).
- knapweed — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- knifejaw — Any of the family Oplegnathidae of perciform marine fish.
- knitwear — clothing made of knitted fabric.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- kweiyang — Guiyang.
- lacewing — any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper-colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- landwehr — (in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- lane-way — a lane
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- lawndale — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- lawnlike — Resembling or characteristic of a lawn.
- lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- laywomen — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
- madwomen — Plural form of madwoman.
- manpower — power in terms of people available or required for work or military service: the manpower of a country.
- manswear — (transitive, UK dialectal) To swear falsely; perjure oneself.
- manwhore — (slang) A man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute.
- may wine — a punch consisting typically of Alsatian, Moselle, or Rhine wine, flavored with woodruff.
- menswear — men's wear.
- merwoman — A mermaid.
- mindware — The mental knowledge and procedures that a person uses to solve problems or make decisions.
- nanowire — A nanoscale rod made of semiconducting material, used in miniature transistors and some laser applications.
- narrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of narrow.
- narrower — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- neckwear — articles of dress worn round or at the neck.
- new ager — a believer in New Age
- new deal — the principles of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, especially those advocated under the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for economic recovery and social reforms.
- new face — Someone who is new in a particular public role can be referred to as a new face.
- new math — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- new talk — ntalk
- new wave — a movement, trend, or vogue, as in art, literature, or politics, that breaks with traditional concepts, values, techniques, or the like.
- new year — New Year's Day.
- newhaven — a seaport in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- newlands — John Alexander. 1838–98, British chemist: classified the elements in order of their atomic weight, noticing similarities in every eighth and thus discovering his law of octaves
- newsbeat — beat (def 40b).
- newscast — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- newshawk — a newspaper reporter, especially one who is energetic and aggressive.
- newslady — A newswoman.
- newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
- newwaver — a member of a new wave
- neyagawa — a city in S Honshu, Japan: a suburb of Osaka.
- no sweat — Informal. (of clothes) made to be worn for exercise, sports, or other physical activity. made of the absorbent fabric used for such clothes: sweat dresses. of, for, or associated with such clothes: the sweat look in sportswear.