8-letter words containing w, h
- lewisham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.
- lie with — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- low tech — low-technology.
- low-tech — low-technology.
- lowlight — A particularly disappointing or dull event or feature.
- manwhore — (slang) A man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute.
- mar-hawk — a falconer who trains or handles the birds badly.
- matthews — one of the four Evangelists, a customs collector from Capernaum, summoned to be one of the 12 apostles: originally called Levi. Matt. 9:9–13.
- meshwork — meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.
- midwatch — middle watch.
- misthrew — Simple past form of misthrow.
- misthrow — (transitive) To throw incorrectly.
- mostwhat — most
- mouthbow — Musical bow.
- narwhals — Plural form of narwhal.
- new chum — a recent British immigrant
- new hope — a town in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- new math — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- new-rich — newly or suddenly wealthy.
- newburgh — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- newhaven — a seaport in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- newhouse — Samuel I(rving) 1895–1979, U.S. publisher.
- newshawk — a newspaper reporter, especially one who is energetic and aggressive.
- newshole — Alternative form of news hole.
- nightowl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- no throw — an illegal throw in a sport such as the discus or shot put
- nohowish — lacking distinctiveness
- nonwhite — a sociocultural classification of modern humans with darker pigmentation of the skin than is characteristic in people of European descent.
- now that — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
- now then — used to preface an important remark, the next step in an argument, etc
- nowhence — from no place; from nowhere
- nowheres — in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
- off with — a command, often peremptory, or an exhortation to remove or cut off (something specified)
- on watch — If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
- outthrow — to throw out or extend: His arms were outthrown in greeting.
- outwatch — to outdo or surpass in watching.
- outweigh — to exceed in value, importance, influence, etc.: The advantages of the plan outweighed its defects.
- outwhirl — to surpass at whirling
- outworth — to be more valuable than
- overwash — the act of washing over something
- owlishly — resembling or characteristic of an owl: His thick glasses give him an owlish appearance.
- pawnshop — the shop of a pawnbroker, especially one where unredeemed items are displayed and sold.
- pear haw — a shrub or small tree, Crataegus uniflora, of the eastern and southern coastal areas of the U.S., having pear-shaped, orange-red fruit.
- peepshow — a display of objects or pictures viewed through a small opening that is usually fitted with a magnifying lens.
- peshawar — a province in Pakistan, bordering Punjab and Kashmir on the west: a former province of British India. 28,773 sq. mi. (77,516 sq. km). Capital: Peshawar.
- pinwheel — a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
- postshow — of or relating to the period after a show, occurring after a show
- powhatan — a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy.