8-letter words containing w, h, u
- wangchuk — Jigme Dorji [jig-mey dawr-jee] /ˈdʒɪg meɪ ˈdɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1929–72, king of Bhutan 1952–72.
- warmouth — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gulosus, of the eastern U.S., having a patch of small teeth on its tongue.
- wash out — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- washouts — Plural form of washout.
- washtubs — Plural form of washtub.
- watchful — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- watchout — the act of looking out for or anticipating something; lookout: Keep a watchout for dishonest behavior.
- waukesha — a city in SE Wisconsin, W of Milwaukee.
- weigh up — compare
- weymouth — a town in E Massachusetts, S of Boston.
- wharenui — An ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of a tupuna, forming part of the larger marae complex.
- whereout — out of which
- whip out — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whip-out — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whistful — Peaceful, tranquil.
- whitecup — a creeping South American plant, Nierembergia repens, of the nightshade family, having bell-shaped, lilac- or blue-tinged, cream-white flowers.
- whiteout — Meteorology. a condition, found in polar regions, in which uniform illumination from snow on the ground and from a low cloud layer makes features of the landscape indistinguishable. a condition of heavily falling or blowing snow in which visibility is very poor.
- whodunit — a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.
- whomp up — a loud, heavy blow, slap, bang, or the like: He fell with an awful whomp.
- whupping — to whip; beat or defeat decisively: The top seed whupped his opponent in three straight sets.
- whydunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but what were their motives for committing it.
- withoute — Archaic spelling of without.
- woodhull — Victoria Claflin [klaf-lin] /ˈklæf lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1838–1927, U.S. social reformer, newspaper publisher, and women's-rights advocate.
- woodrush — A grasslike plant that typically has long flat leaves fringed with long hairs.
- workhour — any time set aside for work
- worthful — full of worth or merit.
- wrathful — very angry; ireful; full of wrath: They trembled before the wrathful queen.
- wrymouth — any blennioid fish of the family Stichaeidae, having a large, upturned mouth, especially Cryptacanthodes maculatus, a bottom fish of the Atlantic Ocean.
- you what — People say 'you what?' to indicate that they do not believe or accept the remark that someone has just made, or that they have not heard or understood it properly.