8-letter words containing w, u
- wilfully — willful.
- wimp out — a weak, ineffectual, timid person.
- windburn — an inflammation of the skin, especially that of the face and hands, caused by overexposure to the wind.
- windpump — A structure somewhat like a windmill for pumping water, either for drainage or for irrigation.
- windsurf — to engage in windsurfing.
- wine gum — any of a variety of gumdrops coloured and flavoured to suggest types of wines but containing no alcohol
- wined up — having drunk enough wine to be intoxicated
- wing nut — a nut having two flat, widely projecting pieces such that it can be readily tightened with the thumb and forefinger.
- wingsuit — a type of skydiving suit with fabric under the arms and between the legs, enabling the wearer to reduce his or her rate of fall
- wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
- wipeouts — Plural form of wipeout.
- wirespun — drawn out as wire is.
- wise guy — Informal. a cocksure, conceited, and often insolent person; smart aleck: He has a reputation for being a wise guy.
- withoute — Archaic spelling of without.
- woefully — affected with, characterized by, or indicating woe: woeful melodies.
- wolf cub — a member of the junior division, for boys from 8 to 11, of the Boy Scouts; cub scout.
- wondrous — wonderful; remarkable.
- woodburn — a town in NW Oregon.
- woodbury — a city in SW New Jersey.
- woodcuts — Plural form of woodcut.
- woodhull — Victoria Claflin [klaf-lin] /ˈklæf lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1838–1927, U.S. social reformer, newspaper publisher, and women's-rights advocate.
- woodruff — Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
- woodrush — A grasslike plant that typically has long flat leaves fringed with long hairs.
- wore out — worn-out.
- wore-out — worn-out.
- work out — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- workhour — any time set aside for work
- workouts — Plural form of workout.
- worn out — worn or used beyond repair.
- worn-out — worn or used beyond repair.
- worthful — full of worth or merit.
- would've — Would've is a spoken form of 'would have', when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- would-be — wishing or pretending to be: a would-be wit.
- wouldest — Alternative spelling of wouldst.
- woulding — (obsolete) An emotion of desire; an inclination; velleity.
- wouldn't — Wouldn't is the usual spoken form of 'would not'.
- wound up — to change direction; bend; turn; take a frequently bending course; meander: The river winds through the forest.
- wounders — Plural form of wounder.
- woundfin — a slender, scaleless cyprinid fish, Plagopterus argentissimus, inhabiting the tributaries of the Colorado River system, having sharp spines in front of the dorsal fin and each pelvic fin: an endangered species.
- woundily — in an extreme or excessive manner
- wounding — an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
- wrackful — ruinous.
- wrathful — very angry; ireful; full of wrath: They trembled before the wrathful queen.
- wreakful — (obsolete) Vengeful; angry, furious.
- wreckful — causing wreckage.
- write up — a written description or account, as in a newspaper or magazine: The play got a terrible write-up.
- write-up — a written description or account, as in a newspaper or magazine: The play got a terrible write-up.
- wrongful — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- wrongous — (of a person) unfair, unjust
- wrymouth — any blennioid fish of the family Stichaeidae, having a large, upturned mouth, especially Cryptacanthodes maculatus, a bottom fish of the Atlantic Ocean.