8-letter words containing w, e, n, o
- downtime — a time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive.
- downvote — such an unfavorable vote.
- downzone — to change the zoning designation on (property) to restrict high-density development.
- drownded — Simple past tense and past participle of drownd.
- dwell on — to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
- elbowing — Present participle of elbow.
- endowers — Plural form of endower.
- endowing — Present participle of endow.
- enflower — to decorate with flowers
- eniwetok — an atoll in the W Pacific Ocean, in the NW Marshall Islands: taken by the US from Japan in 1944; became a naval base and later a testing ground for atomic weapons. Pop: 820 (1999 est)
- enwallow — to plunge or roll around in
- facedown — with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
- fencerow — the uncultivated land on each side of and below a fence.
- fidonews — (messaging, history) The weekly official on-line newsletter of FidoNet, also known as "'Snooz". As the editorial policy of Fidonews was "anything that arrives, we print", there were often large articles completely unrelated to FidoNet, which in turn tend to elicit flamage in subsequent issues.
- foreknew — Simple past tense and past participle of foreknow.
- foreknow — to know beforehand.
- forewarn — to warn in advance.
- forewent — simple past tense of forego1 .
- forewind — a favourable wind
- forewing — either of the anterior and usually smaller pair of wings of an insect having four wings.
- foreworn — forworn.
- freetown — an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.
- get down — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- glenwood — a town in SW Iowa.
- gunwomen — Plural form of gunwoman.
- hawknose — a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.
- henslowe — Philip, died 1616, English theater manager.
- hoedowns — Plural form of hoedown.
- hometown — the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.
- honewort — any plant of the genus Cryptotaenia, of the parsley family, especially C. canadensis, having clusters of small white flowers.
- honeydew — honeydew melon.
- hueytown — a town in central Alabama.
- 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.
- in power — in authority
- interrow — occurring or existing between rows
- ironware — articles of iron, as pots, kettles, or tools; hardware.
- ironweed — any of certain North American composite plants of the genus Vernonia, having tubular, chiefly purple or red disk flowers.
- jawboned — Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone.
- jawboner — a person who jawbones
- jawbones — Plural form of jawbone.
- jew down — one of a scattered group of people that traces its descent from the Biblical Hebrews or from postexilic adherents of Judaism; Israelite.
- kentwood — a city in W Michigan.
- knotweed — any of several knotty-stemmed plants belonging to the genus Polygonum, of the buckwheat family.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- knowledg — Obsolete form of knowledge.
- knowsley — a unitary authority of NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 150 200 (2003 est). Area: 97 sq km (38 sq miles)
- laywomen — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- let down — British. a lease.
- letdowns — Plural form of letdown.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.