8-letter words containing w, o, r, i
- wingover — an airplane maneuver involving a steep, climbing turn to a near stall, then a sharp drop of the nose, a removal of bank, and a final leveling off in the opposite direction.
- winnower — to free (grain) from the lighter particles of chaff, dirt, etc., especially by throwing it into the air and allowing the wind or a forced current of air to blow away impurities.
- winthrop — John, 1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49.
- wireroom — a bookmaking establishment, especially one disguised as a lawful business.
- wirework — fabrics or articles made of wire.
- wireworm — any of the slender, hard-bodied larvae of click beetles, many of which live underground and feed on the roots of plants.
- witherod — a N American deciduous shrub, Viburnum nudum, of the honeysuckle family
- woollier — Comparative form of woolly.
- wordiest — Superlative form of wordy.
- wordings — Plural form of wording.
- wordlist — A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic.
- wordship — Lb rare The state, condition, or status of a word.
- workgirl — a young female manual worker
- workings — Plural form of working.
- workship — (archaic) workmanship.
- worksite — a location used for work, especially construction or manual labor: industrial worksites; tobacco-free worksites.
- workwise — In terms of work.
- wormfish — any of several small, slender fishes of the family Microdesmidae, inhabiting tropical marine waters.
- wormlike — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- worricow — a frightening creature or a hobgoblin
- worriers — Plural form of worrier.
- worrited — Simple past tense and past participle of worrit.
- worrying — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- worships — Plural form of worship.
- worsting — Present participle of worst.
- worthied — Simple past tense and past participle of worthy.
- worthier — Comparative form of worthy.
- worthies — Plural form of worthy.
- worthily — having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- worthing — to happen or betide: woe worth the day.
- writeoff — Alternative spelling of write-off.
- wronging — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- zworykin — Vladimir Kosma [vlad-uh-meer koz-muh] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈkɒz mə/ (Show IPA), 1889–1982, U.S. physicist, engineer, and inventor, born in Russia: known as the “father of television.”.