8-letter words containing w, r, i
- raw silk — reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed.
- rawlings — Marjorie Kinnan [ki-nan] /kɪˈnæn/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, U.S. novelist and journalist.
- rawmaish — foolish or exaggerated talk; nonsense
- red wine — wine having a predominantly red color derived from the skin pigment in the red or other dark-colored grapes used in making it.
- red wing — (Tantangamini) c1750–c1825, Sioux leader.
- red wire — (jargon, hardware) (IBM) Patch wires installed by programmers who have no business mucking with the hardware. It is said that the only thing more dangerous than a hardware guy with a code patch is a softy with a soldering iron. Compare blue wire, yellow wire, purple wire.
- rereview — to review again
- reviewal — the act of reviewing.
- reviewer — a person who reviews.
- rewinded — an act or instance of rewinding.
- rewiring — the action or process of installing new electrical wiring
- rewriter — a person who rewrites material for publication
- richweed — clearweed.
- rickshaw — jinrikisha.
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- rift saw — a saw used for cutting wood radially from a log.
- 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.
- rijswijk — a town in SW Netherlands, near The Hague: Treaty of Ryswick 1697.
- ring taw — ringer1 (def 4).
- ringwise — (of a boxer) used to being in a boxing ring and able to respond appropriately
- 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.
- riverway — the part of a river that boats can travel on, or the route or course of a river
- 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.
- run wild — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- run with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- ryotwari — (in India) a system of land tenure in which land taxes are paid to the state
- schwerin — a state in NE Germany. 8842 sq. mi. (22,900 sq. km). Capital: Schwerin.
- screw-in — fitting in by being twisted
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- 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
- shrewdie — a shrewd person
- shrewish — having the disposition of a shrew.
- sideward — directed or moving toward one side.
- silkworm — the larva of the Chinese silkworm moth, Bombyx mori, which spins a cocoon of commercially valuable silk.
- ski-wear — clothes that are intended for skiing
- skid row — an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants.
- skywrite — to engage in skywriting.
- slipware — pottery decorated with slip.
- snowbird — junco.
- stairway — a passageway from one level, as of a building, to another by a series of stairs; staircase.
- swanndri — an all-weather heavy woollen shirt