8-letter words containing w, e, n
- daneweed — an alternative name for a danewort
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- dawnlike — the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley.
- dew line — distant early warning line, a network of radar stations situated mainly in Arctic regions to give early warning of aircraft or missile attack on North America
- dew pond — a shallow pond, usually man-made, that is kept supplied with water by dew and condensation
- dewiness — The state or quality of being dewy.
- dewpoint — temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- die down — If something dies down, it becomes very much quieter or less intense.
- disendow — to deprive (a church, school, etc.) of endowment.
- disowned — Simple past tense and past participle of disown.
- doweling — Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
- dowering — Present participle of dower.
- dowfness — the quality or characteristic of being dowf
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- downbent — Bent downward.
- downcome — a downcomer.
- downhole — a hole dug or drilled downward, as in a mine or a petroleum or gas well.
- downhome — Alternative form of down-home.
- downiest — Superlative form of downy.
- downless — the soft, first plumage of many young birds.
- downlike — having the quality or characteristics of feathers or down
- downline — Alternative spelling of down line.
- downpipe — downspout.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- downside — the lower side or part.
- downsize — company: make redundancies
- downstep — An downward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
- downtake — a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like downward from a furnace, opening, etc.
- 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.
- dry wine — wine that is not sweet
- dwell on — to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
- dwelling — Machinery. a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
- dwindled — Simple past tense and past participle of dwindle.
- dwindles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle.
- elbowing — Present participle of elbow.
- emu-wren — any Australian wren of the genus Stipiturus, having long plumy tail feathers
- 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)
- enswathe — Envelop or wrap in a garment or piece of fabric.
- entryway — A way in to somewhere or something; an entrance.
- entwined — Wind or twist together; interweave.
- entwines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entwine.
- enwallow — to plunge or roll around in
- enwreath — Misspelling of enwreathe.
- ewe-neck — a condition in horses in which the neck is straight and sagging rather than arched