8-letter words containing w, u
- waesucks — alas
- wagonful — a quantity of objects or people that will fill a wagon
- wait out — to remain inactive during the course of
- walburga — Walpurgis.
- walk out — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-out — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walkouts — Plural form of walkout.
- 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.
- wanchuan — Wade-Giles. former name of Zhangjiakou.
- wanganui — a port in New Zealand, on SW North Island: centre for a dairy-farming and sheep-rearing district. Pop: 43 600 (2004 est)
- wangchuk — Jigme Dorji [jig-mey dawr-jee] /ˈdʒɪg meɪ ˈdɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1929–72, king of Bhutan 1952–72.
- want out — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- 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.
- wash out — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- washouts — Plural form of washout.
- washtubs — Plural form of washtub.
- wasteful — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- watchful — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- watchout — the act of looking out for or anticipating something; lookout: Keep a watchout for dishonest behavior.
- waterbus — Alternative spelling of water bus.
- waukegan — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan, N of Chicago.
- waukesha — a city in SE Wisconsin, W of Milwaukee.
- waulking — Present participle of waulk.
- 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.
- weed out — a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- weigh up — compare
- well-put — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- wellcurb — a stone surround at the top of a well
- westbury — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- wet suit — a close-fitting rubber garment worn by a skin diver in cold water that allows a thin, insulating layer of water to collect between the diver's skin and the suit in order to retain body heat.
- wetsuits — Plural form of wetsuit.
- weymouth — a town in E Massachusetts, S of Boston.
- wharenui — An ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of a tupuna, forming part of the larger marae complex.
- whereout — out of which
- whip out — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whip-out — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whistful — Peaceful, tranquil.
- whitecup — a creeping South American plant, Nierembergia repens, of the nightshade family, having bell-shaped, lilac- or blue-tinged, cream-white flowers.
- whiteout — Meteorology. a condition, found in polar regions, in which uniform illumination from snow on the ground and from a low cloud layer makes features of the landscape indistinguishable. a condition of heavily falling or blowing snow in which visibility is very poor.
- whodunit — a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.
- whomp up — a loud, heavy blow, slap, bang, or the like: He fell with an awful whomp.
- whupping — to whip; beat or defeat decisively: The top seed whupped his opponent in three straight sets.
- whydunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but what were their motives for committing it.
- wickiups — Plural form of wickiup.
- widukind — Wittekind.