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8-letter words containing w, o, n

  • new look — a new or changed appearance, approach, etc., especially one characterized by marked departure from the previous or traditional one.
  • new moon — the moon either when in conjunction with the sun or soon after, being either invisible or visible only as a slender crescent.
  • new town — (sometimes initial capital letters) a comprehensively planned, self-sufficient urban community that provides housing, educational, recreational, and commercial facilities and often serves to absorb residents from a nearby overcrowded metropolis.
  • new wool — wool that is being processed or woven for the first time
  • new york — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
  • new-mown — recently mown or cut: the refreshing smell of new-mown hay.
  • newborns — A recently born child or animal.
  • newcombe — John (David). born 1944, Australian tennis player; winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles (1967–75), including three at Wimbledon (1967, 1970, 1971)
  • newcomen — Thomas, 1663–1729, English inventor.
  • newcomer — a person or thing that has recently arrived; new arrival: She is a newcomer to our city. The firm is a newcomer in the field of advertising.
  • newfound — newly found or discovered: newfound friends.
  • newhouse — Samuel I(rving) 1895–1979, U.S. publisher.
  • newsboys — Plural form of newsboy.
  • newshole — Alternative form of news hole.
  • newsroom — a room in the offices of a newspaper, news service, or broadcasting organization in which the news is processed.
  • nightowl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
  • no sweat — Informal. (of clothes) made to be worn for exercise, sports, or other physical activity. made of the absorbent fabric used for such clothes: sweat dresses. of, for, or associated with such clothes: the sweat look in sportswear.
  • no throw — an illegal throw in a sport such as the discus or shot put
  • no-sweat — requiring little effort; easy: a no-sweat job.
  • nohowish — lacking distinctiveness
  • nonowner — a person who is not an owner
  • nonsweet — Not having a sweet taste.
  • nonwhite — a sociocultural classification of modern humans with darker pigmentation of the skin than is characteristic in people of European descent.
  • nonwoody — herbaceous.
  • nonwoven — (of a fabric) made of fibers autogenously bonded through the action of a chemical agent or heating device, or adhering by means of resinous substances.
  • nosewing — the flared portion of each side of the nose; a nasal ala.
  • note row — tone row.
  • nottaway — a river in SW Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to James Bay. 140 miles (225 km) long.
  • nottoway — a river in S Virginia, flowing SE to the Blackwater River at the North Carolina border. 170 miles (274 km) long.
  • 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
  • now, now — You can say 'now, now' as a friendly way of trying to comfort someone who is upset or distressed.
  • nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
  • nowhence — from no place; from nowhere
  • nowheres — in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
  • nutbrown — dark brown, as many nuts when ripe.
  • nyetwork — notwork
  • oak lawn — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • obwalden — one of the two divisions of the canton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 189 sq. mi. (490 sq. km). Capital: Sarnen.
  • 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.
  • on wings — flying or as if flying
  • one-down — having conceded an advantage or lead to someone or something
  • onwardly — moving forward; advancing
  • open-jaw — relating to a ticket that allows a traveller to arrive in one place and depart from another
  • open-web — having a web of zigzag or crisscross lacing.
  • openwork — any kind of work, especially ornamental, as of embroidery, lace, metal, stone, or wood, having a latticelike nature or showing openings through its substance.
  • our town — a play (1938) by Thornton Wilder.
  • outblown — Inflated with wind.
  • outfrown — to outdo in frowning; silence, abash, or subdue by frowning.
  • outgrown — to grow too large for: to outgrow one's clothes.
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