8-letter words containing w, o, r, i
- pillworm — a type of millipede that can roll itself up into a ball
- pillwort — a small Eurasian water fern, Pilularia globulifera, with globular spore-producing bodies and grasslike leaves
- pipework — pipes and stops on an organ
- pipewort — a perennial plant, Eriocaulon septangulare, of wet places in W Republic of Ireland, the Scottish Hebrides, and the eastern US, having a twisted flower stalk and a greenish-grey scaly flower head: family Eriocaulaceae
- poorwill — a small bird of North America
- powering — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- prowfish — a fish, Zaprora silenus, of the North Pacific.
- prowling — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
- rig down — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- ringwomb — a complication at lambing resulting from failure of the cervix to open
- ringwood — a town in N New Jersey.
- ringwork — a circular earthwork used as a defence and made up of a surrounding bank and ditch
- ringworm — any of a number of contagious skin diseases caused by certain parasitic fungi and characterized by the formation of ring-shaped eruptive patches.
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- rowdyish — like or characteristic of a rowdy.
- rowdyism — rough, disorderly behavior.
- roweling — a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- ryotwari — (in India) a system of land tenure in which land taxes are paid to the state
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
- showgirl — a woman who appears in the chorus of a show, nightclub act, etc.
- showring — an area where animals are displayed for sale or competition
- silkworm — the larva of the Chinese silkworm moth, Bombyx mori, which spins a cocoon of commercially valuable silk.
- skid row — an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants.
- snowbird — junco.
- throw in — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- throwing — the act of projecting or casting (something) through the air, esp with a rapid motion of the arm and wrist
- timework — work done and paid for by the hour or day.
- timeworn — worn or impaired by time.
- tinworks — an establishment for the mining or processing of tin or for the making of tinware.
- toilworn — worn by toil: toilworn hands.
- towering — very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak.
- twinborn — born at the same birth.
- two pair — a set of two cards of the same denomination together with another matched set of different denomination from the first.
- two-tier — consisting of two tiers, floors, levels, or the like: a two-tier wedding cake.
- waitrons — Plural form of waitron.
- warisons — Plural form of warison.
- warriors — Plural form of warrior.
- weirdoes — Plural form of weirdo.
- werelion — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between lion and human form.
- whakairo — the art of carving
- whipcord — a cotton, woolen, or worsted fabric with a steep, diagonally ribbed surface.
- whipworm — any of several parasitic nematodes of the genus Trichuris, having a long, slender, whiplike anterior end.
- widowers — Plural form of widower.
- willower — a person or a thing that willows.
- win over — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- windrode — riding with the force of the wind.
- windrose — Alternative spelling of wind rose.
- windrows — Plural form of windrow.