8-letter words containing w, r, u
- sunwards — Also, sunwards. toward the sun.
- supercow — a dairy cow that produces a very high milk yield as a result of selective breeding or genetic modification
- throw up — 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.
- tubework — tubes collectively
- tubeworm — any of various marine worms that produce and inhabit a tube, some being adapted to a hydrothermal vent environment.
- turf war — dispute over territory
- turndown — that is or may be turned down; folded or doubled down: a turndown collar.
- two-four — a box containing 24 bottles of beer
- ultralow — extremely low
- unawares — while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
- unburrow — to come out of or force out of a burrow
- uncrewed — lacking a crew
- underjaw — the lower jaw
- undertow — the seaward, subsurface flow or draft of water from waves breaking on a beach.
- underway — occurring while under way: the underway activities on a cruise ship.
- underwit — a halfwit or a fool
- unixware — (operating system) Novell's implementation of Unix System 5 heavily based on Release 4.2 but with enhancements and new bundled products. In 1993 Novell acquired Unix Systems Laboratories from AT&T along with the Unix trademark. UnixWare was the result of Novell's efforts to make Unix interoperable with Novell NetWare. In 1995 Novell sold UnixWare and the rights to the Unix operating system to SCO at a time when UnixWare was gainnig popularity. It was later the first 64-bit operating system on the Intel platform, and, in 1999, is the world's fastest-growing commercial operating system.
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- unwarded — not warded or guarded; undefended
- unwarely — unwarily or incautiously; carelessly
- unwarily — not wary; not cautious or watchful, as against danger or misfortune.
- unwarmed — not warmed; unheated
- unwarned — not warned or cautioned; without warning
- unwarped — not warped, as a phonograph record or flooring.
- unwatery — not watery
- unwinder — to undo or loosen from or as if from a coiled condition: to unwind a rolled bandage; to unwind a coiled rope.
- unworded — not expressed in words
- unworked — not worked; not used; not exerted
- unwormed — (of animals) not rid of worms
- unworthy — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- upgrowth — the process of growing up; development: the upgrowth of nuclear science.
- walburga — Walpurgis.
- walkthru — (US) alternative spelling of walkthrough.
- wall rue — a small, delicate fern, Asplenium rutamuraria, having fan-shaped leaflets and growing on walls and cliffs.
- walruses — Plural form of walrus.
- warmouth — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gulosus, of the eastern U.S., having a patch of small teeth on its tongue.
- wartburg — a castle in E Germany, in Thuringia, near Eisenach: Luther translated the New Testament here 1521–22.
- waterbus — Alternative spelling of water bus.
- wear out — the act of wearing; use, as of a garment: articles for winter wear; I've had a lot of wear out of this coat; I had to throw away the shirt after only three wears.
- wear-out — the act or fact of wearing out; a worn-out condition: wear-out at the knees of pants.
- weariful — full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
- wellcurb — a stone surround at the top of a well
- westbury — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- wharenui — An ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of a tupuna, forming part of the larger marae complex.
- whereout — out of which
- windburn — an inflammation of the skin, especially that of the face and hands, caused by overexposure to the wind.
- windsurf — to engage in windsurfing.
- wirespun — drawn out as wire is.
- wondrous — wonderful; remarkable.
- woodburn — a town in NW Oregon.