8-letter words containing w, o, r, i
- growings — Plural form of growing.
- growling — Producing a growl.
- hairwork — the art of producing articles made of hair
- hairworm — any small, slender worm of the family Trichostrongylidae, parasitic in the alimentary canals of various animals.
- highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
- horowitz — Vladimir [vlad-uh-meer,, vla-dee-meer] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər,, vlæˈdi mɪər/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, U.S. pianist, born in Russia.
- hot-wire — Slang. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition.
- hotwired — Simple past tense and past participle of hotwire.
- howitzer — a cannon having a comparatively short barrel, used especially for firing shells at a high angle of elevation, as for reaching a target behind cover or in a trench.
- i wonder — You can say 'I wonder' if you want to be very polite when you are asking someone to do something, or when you are asking them for their opinion or for information.
- imbowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbower.
- in a row — lined up
- in power — in authority
- in-crowd — in-group (def 1).
- in-world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- inchworm — measuringworm.
- ingrowth — growth inward.
- interrow — occurring or existing between rows
- ironware — articles of iron, as pots, kettles, or tools; hardware.
- ironweed — any of certain North American composite plants of the genus Vernonia, having tubular, chiefly purple or red disk flowers.
- ironwood — any of various trees yielding a hard, heavy wood, as the American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana, or Lyonothamnus floribundus, found on the islands off the coast of S California.
- ironwork — work in iron.
- jim crow — racial segregation
- jim-crow — favoring or supporting Jim Crow.
- kirkwood — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- lifework — the complete or principal work, labor, or task of a lifetime.
- lindworm — a wingless, two-legged dragon
- linework — (arts) The technique of drawing lines.
- linkwork — something composed of links, as a chain.
- low-rise — having a comparatively small number of floors, as a motel or townhouse, and usually no elevator.
- low-risk — A low-risk customer, risk, occupation, or property is not very likely to be exposed to a danger.
- lowering — comparative of low1 .
- lowrider — an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
- milkwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Polygala, formerly supposed to increase the secretion of milk.
- millwork — ready-made carpentry work from a mill.
- misthrow — (transitive) To throw incorrectly.
- miswrote — to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name on the board.
- nanowire — A nanoscale rod made of semiconducting material, used in miniature transistors and some laser applications.
- outwhirl — to surpass at whirling
- outwrite — to write more or better than.
- overswim — to swim across
- overview — a general outline of a subject or situation; survey or summary.
- overwide — too wide
- overwily — too crafty
- overwind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- overwing — to fly above
- overwire — a spiral-bound book in which the spiral is covered by the spine.
- overwise — excessively or unusually wise: overwise for a child of her age.
- pilework — construction built from heavy stakes or cylinders
- pilewort — Also called fireweed. a weedy composite plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having narrow flower heads enclosed in green bracts.