8-letter words containing w, e, i
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- fireweed — any of various plants appearing in recently burned clearings, as the willow herb, Epilobium angustifolium.
- firewire — High Performance Serial Bus
- firewood — wood suitable for fuel.
- firework — Often, fireworks. a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise, used for signaling or as part of a celebration.
- fireworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Rhopobota naevana (black-headed fireworm) which feeds on the leaves of cranberries and causes them to wither.
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- fishwife — a woman who sells fish.
- fitchews — Plural form of fitchew.
- flatwise — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- forewind — a favourable wind
- forewing — either of the anterior and usually smaller pair of wings of an insect having four wings.
- forewish — (transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
- freeview — In Britain, Freeview is a free service providing digital terrestrial television.
- freewill — made or done freely or of one's own accord; voluntary: a freewill contribution to a political fund.
- gawkiest — Superlative form of gawky.
- gee whiz — People sometimes say gee whiz in order to express a strong reaction to something or to introduce a remark or response.
- gee-whiz — arousing or characterized by surprise, wonder, or triumphant achievement: a gee-whiz technology; a gee-whiz reaction to the sight of the Grand Canyon.
- gershwin — George, 1898–1937, U.S. composer.
- get wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- get with — to go along with
- giftware — china, crystal, or other items suitable for gifts.
- give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- giveaway — an act or instance of giving something away.
- gleiwitz — German name of Gliwice.
- glenview — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- gluhwein — mulled wine
- goodwife — Chiefly Scot. the mistress of a household.
- guideway — a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.
- gwinnett — Button, 1735?–77, American Revolutionary leader, born in England.
- hamewith — in a homewards manner
- hardwire — Alternative spelling of hard-wire.
- hawaiite — (geology) An olivine basalt intermediate between alkali olivine and mugearite.
- hawklike — any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, often seen circling or swooping at low altitudes.
- headwind — a wind opposed to the course of a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to tailwind).
- herdwick — a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
- herewith — along with this.
- hideaway — a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains.
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- hiwassee — a river in NE Georgia, SW North Carolina, and SE Tennessee, flowing N to the Tennessee River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- hot-wire — Slang. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition.
- hotwired — Simple past tense and past participle of hotwire.
- howitzer — a cannon having a comparatively short barrel, used especially for firing shells at a high angle of elevation, as for reaching a target behind cover or in a trench.
- i wonder — You can say 'I wonder' if you want to be very polite when you are asking someone to do something, or when you are asking them for their opinion or for information.
- ice show — entertainment in which a company of ice skaters exhibit their skills to musical accompaniment.
- ice wine — any white dessert wine produced from grapes that are kept on the vine until the first deep frost and typically pressed while still frozen.
- icewines — Plural form of icewine.
- idlewild — former name of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
- imbowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbower.