8-letter words containing w, r
- cry down — to belittle; disparage
- cry wolf — If someone cries wolf, they say that there is a problem when there is not, with the result that people do not believe them when there really is a problem.
- cudworth — Ralph. 1617–88, English philosopher and theologian. His works include True Intellectual System of the Universe (1678) and A Treatise concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality (1731)
- curassow — any gallinaceous ground-nesting bird of the family Cracidae, of S North, Central, and South America. Curassows have long legs and tails and, typically, a distinctive crest of curled feathers
- cussword — a swearword
- cutwater — the forward part of the stem of a vessel, which cuts through the water
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- cyberwar — The use of computers to disrupt the activities of an enemy country, especially the deliberate attacking of communication systems.
- damewort — Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous mustard.
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- dark web — the portion of the Internet that is intentionally hidden from search engines, uses masked IP addresses, and is accessible only with a special web browser: part of the deep web.
- darktown — a part of a town or city inhabited largely by blacks.
- dawdlers — Plural form of dawdler.
- deadwork — work necessary to expose an orebody, as the removal of overburden.
- dec wars — A 1983 Usenet posting by Alan Hastings and Steve Tarr spoofing the "Star Wars" movies in hackish terms. Some years later, ESR (disappointed by Hastings and Tarr's failure to exploit a great premise more thoroughly) posted a 3-times-longer complete rewrite called "Unix WARS"; the two are often confused.
- decwrite — DEC's CDA-based, WYSIWYG document processing application. It can generate and import SGML marked-up documents.
- deerweed — a shrub, Lotus scoparius, that is native to California and produces small yellow flowers in the summer
- deflower — to despoil of beauty, innocence, etc; mar; violate
- delaware — a member of a North American Indian people formerly living near the Delaware River
- demoware — (computing) A cut-down demonstration version of a computer program so that it can be tried before purchase.
- dew-worm — any large earthworm that is found on the ground at night and is used as fishing bait
- dewberry — any trailing bramble, such as Rubus hispidus of North America and R. caesius of Europe and NW Asia, having blue-black fruits
- dewdrops — a drop of dew.
- dewormer — an agent for ridding (animals) of worms
- dewsbury — a town in N England, in Kirklees unitary authority, West Yorkshire: formerly a centre of the woollen industry. Pop: 54 341 (2001)
- diredawa — a city in E Ethiopia.
- discrown — to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- dishware — dishes used for food; tableware.
- doctorow — E(dgar) L(aurence) born 1931, U.S. author and editor.
- dog work — tedious labor; drudgery.
- doorways — Plural form of doorway.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- dowering — Present participle of dower.
- downpour — a heavy, drenching rain.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- downrush — (intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
- downtrod — tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.
- downturn — an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- downward — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- drangway — a narrow lane; passageway
- draw off — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw out — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw top — a tabletop that can be extended by drawing out and raising leaves suspended from either end.
- drawable — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- drawback — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- drawbars — Plural form of drawbar.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.
- drawcard — drawing card.
- drawdown — a lowering of water surface level, as in a well.
- drawhole — a funnel-shaped vertical opening cut at the bottom of a stope, which permits the loading of ore into conveyances in the passageways below.