8-letter words containing w, u
- southpaw — a person who is left-handed.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- squawked — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- squawker — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- squawman — a White or other non-American-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman
- studwork — the act or process of building with studding.
- subdwarf — a star which is smaller than a dwarf star
- subtweet — (on the Twitter website) a hostile or otherwise negative post that is addressed to or about a particular person but does not mention the person’s username or does not name the person at all.
- subworld — in literary theory, a world 'created' by a character within a text world or fiction, for example through a flashback or reminiscence on the part of the character; the subworld is subordinate to but not part of the text world
- suchwise — in such a way or manner
- sulawesi — an island in central Indonesia. 72,986 sq. mi. (189,034 sq. km).
- sumpweed — a herbaceous, oily, annual plant, Iva annua, native to North America and once cultivated for its edible seeds
- 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
- sus laws — laws authorizing the arrest and punishment of suspected persons frequenting, or loitering in, public places with criminal intent. In England, the sus law formed part of the Vagrancy Act of 1824, repealed in 1981
- suwannee — a river in SE Georgia and N Florida, flowing SW to the Gulf of Mexico. 240 miles (386 km) long.
- sweep up — clean with a broom, brush
- swell up — become enlarged
- swimsuit — bathing suit.
- swounded — swoon.
- thaw out — defreeze
- 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.
- thuswise — in this way; thus
- tokugawa — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns, 1603–1867.
- tubework — tubes collectively
- tubeworm — any of various marine worms that produce and inhabit a tube, some being adapted to a hydrothermal vent environment.
- tungchow — Tongzhou.
- turf war — dispute over territory
- turndown — that is or may be turned down; folded or doubled down: a turndown collar.
- twin-tub — a type of washing machine that has two revolving drums, one for washing and the other for spin-drying
- two-four — a box containing 24 bottles of beer
- ultralow — extremely low
- unavowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- unawares — while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
- unbowing — not bowing, complying, or yielding
- unburrow — to come out of or force out of a burrow
- unchewed — not chewed
- unclawed — not mauled, scratched, or otherwise damaged by claws
- 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
- unflawed — perfect
- unfollow — to cease to track a person or a group on a social networking site
- unhallow — to desecrate; profane.
- 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.
- unlawful — not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
- unmellow — not relaxed and friendly, esp due to the effects of alcohol or drugs
- unplowed — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.