8-letter words containing w, e, r, f
- forswear — to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
- forswore — Simple past form of foreswear.
- forwaste — to waste completely
- forweary — to exhaust
- 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.
- freeview — In Britain, Freeview is a free service providing digital terrestrial television.
- freeware — computer software distributed without charge.
- freeways — Plural form of freeway.
- freewill — made or done freely or of one's own accord; voluntary: a freewill contribution to a political fund.
- fret saw — a long, narrow-bladed saw used to cut ornamental work from thin wood. Compare coping saw.
- fretwork — ornamental work consisting of interlacing parts, especially work in which the design is formed by perforation.
- frowsted — Simple past tense and past participle of frowst.
- frowster — a person who enjoys being in a hot and stale atmosphere
- fumewort — Any of various plants of the subfamily Fumarioideae or family Fumariaceae.
- furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
- furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- furrower — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- giftware — china, crystal, or other items suitable for gifts.
- leafworm — A caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- lifework — the complete or principal work, labor, or task of a lifetime.
- overflow — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
- powerful — physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
- red wolf — a small, reddish-gray American wolf, Canis rufus, similar to the coyote: once abundant in the southeastern U.S., it is now near extinction in the wild.
- reflower — to flower again
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.
- software — Computers. the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. Compare hardware (def 5).
- wafering — Present participle of wafer.
- wakerife — wakeful.
- warfarer — a person engaged in warfare; a warrior
- warfield — David, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.
- wastrife — wastefulness
- waveform — the shape of a wave, a graph obtained by plotting the instantaneous values of a periodic quantity against the time.
- wayfarer — a traveler, especially on foot.
- wear off — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- weariful — full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
- web farm — a large website that uses two or more servers to handle user requests
- wee free — a member of the minority of the Free Church of Scotland that refused to be joined with the United Free Church in 1900
- wellfare — Obsolete form of welfare.
- werewolf — (in folklore and superstition) a human being who has changed into a wolf, or is capable of assuming the form of a wolf, while retaining human intelligence.
- westford — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- wetproof — waterproof.
- wharfage — the use of a wharf: to charge higher rates for wharfage.
- wherefor — (dated) alternative spelling of wherefore.
- whiffler — an attendant who clears the way for a procession.
- wildfire — a highly flammable composition, as Greek fire, difficult to extinguish when ignited, formerly used in warfare.
- winifred — a female given name.
- woodfern — An evergreen fern with leathery dark-green fronds.
- woodfree — (of high-quality paper) made from pulp that has been treated chemically, removing impurities