8-letter words containing w, h, g
- twilight — the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.
- twinight — (of a baseball double-header) held in the late afternoon and evening
- unweight — Skiing. to lessen downward force and friction between the skis and the snow by a quick upward or downward shifting of the body or by using bumps in the terrain.
- upgrowth — the process of growing up; development: the upgrowth of nuclear science.
- wangchuk — Jigme Dorji [jig-mey dawr-jee] /ˈdʒɪg meɪ ˈdɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1929–72, king of Bhutan 1952–72.
- wart hog — wild boar with tusks
- warthogs — Plural form of warthog.
- wash-rag — A wash-rag is the same as a washcloth.
- washings — the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution.
- watchdog — a dog kept to guard property.
- watching — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- weigh in — the act or an instance of weighing in: After the weigh-in the fighters posed for photographers.
- weigh on — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- weigh up — compare
- weigh-in — the act or an instance of weighing in: After the weigh-in the fighters posed for photographers.
- weighage — a duty paid for weighing goods
- weighers — Plural form of weigher.
- weighing — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- weighman — a person whose occupation is weighing goods, produce, etc.
- weighted — having additional weight.
- weighter — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- welching — welsh.
- welshing — Present participle of welsh.
- wenching — a country lass or working girl: The milkmaid was a healthy wench.
- whacking — large.
- whangees — Plural form of whangee.
- whanging — a resounding blow.
- whapping — whopping.
- wharfage — the use of a wharf: to charge higher rates for wharfage.
- wharfing — Wharfs collectively.
- wheeling — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- wheezing — The quality or symptom of breathing with an audible wheeze.
- whelming — to submerge; engulf.
- whelping — Present participle of whelp.
- whetting — to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
- whiffing — Present participle of whiff.
- whiggery — the principles or practices of Whigs.
- whiggish — of, relating to, or characteristic of Whigs or Whiggism.
- whiggism — the principles or practices of Whigs.
- whingers — Plural form of whinger.
- whinging — to complain; whine.
- whipping — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- whirling — to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry-go-round whirled noisily.
- whirring — to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound: An electric fan whirred softly in the corner.
- whishing — a whishing sound.
- whisking — Present participle of whisk.
- whitgift — John. ?1530–1604, English churchman; as archbishop of Canterbury (1583–1604) he tried to curb the influence of Puritanism
- whitings — Plural form of whiting.
- whitling — (UK, dialect) A young full trout during its second season.
- whizbang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.