8-letter words containing nw
- barnwood — aged and weathered boards, especially those salvaged from dismantled barns: The den was paneled in barnwood.
- cornwall — a former administrative county of SW England; became a unitary authority in 2009: hilly, with a deeply indented coastline. Administrative centre: Truro. Pop: 513 500 (2003 est). Area: 3564 sq km (1376 sq miles)
- cornwell — Patricia D(aniels). born 1956, US crime novelist; her novels, many of which feature the pathologist Dr Kay Scarpetta, include Postmortem (1990), The Last Precinct (2000), and Isle of Dogs (2002)
- cornworm — a cornmoth larva
- cranwell — a village in E England, in Lincolnshire: Royal Air Force College (1920)
- downward — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- downwind — in the direction toward which the wind is blowing: We coasted downwind.
- enwallow — to plunge or roll around in
- enwreath — Misspelling of enwreathe.
- glenwood — a town in SW Iowa.
- greenway — any scenic trail or route set aside for travel or recreational activities.
- gunwales — Plural form of gunwale.
- gunwhale — Misspelling of gunwale.
- gunwoman — A female gunman.
- gunwomen — Plural form of gunwoman.
- hornwork — A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.
- hornworm — the larva of any of several hawk moths, having a hornlike process at the rear of the abdomen.
- hornwort — any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum, found in ponds and slow streams.
- inwardly — in or on, or with reference to, the inside or inner part; internally.
- inweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inweave.
- ironware — articles of iron, as pots, kettles, or tools; hardware.
- ironweed — any of certain North American composite plants of the genus Vernonia, having tubular, chiefly purple or red disk flowers.
- ironwood — any of various trees yielding a hard, heavy wood, as the American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana, or Lyonothamnus floribundus, found on the islands off the coast of S California.
- ironwork — work in iron.
- loanword — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- lynnwood — a city in NW Washington.
- manwhore — (slang) A man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute.
- moonwalk — an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon.
- moonward — Also, moonwards. toward the moon: turned their eyes moonward.
- moonwise — (nonstandard) Anticlockwise.
- moonwort — any fern of the genus Botrychium, especially B. lunaria, a rare fern having fronds with crescent-shaped leaflets.
- nonwhite — a sociocultural classification of modern humans with darker pigmentation of the skin than is characteristic in people of European descent.
- nonwoody — herbaceous.
- nonwoven — (of a fabric) made of fibers autogenously bonded through the action of a chemical agent or heating device, or adhering by means of resinous substances.
- onwardly — moving forward; advancing
- openwork — any kind of work, especially ornamental, as of embroidery, lace, metal, stone, or wood, having a latticelike nature or showing openings through its substance.
- ovenware — heat-resistant dishes of glass, pottery, etc., for baking and serving food; bakeware.
- ovenwood — brushwood; deadwood fit only for burning.
- penwiper — a piece of equipment for cleaning the ink from a pen
- penwoman — a female writer
- pinwheel — a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
- rainwash — material eroded or swept away by rain.
- rainwear — waterproof or water-repellent clothing.
- spanworm — measuringworm.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- sunwards — Also, sunwards. toward the sun.
- tinworks — an establishment for the mining or processing of tin or for the making of tinware.
On this page, we collect all 8-letter words with NW. It’s easy to find right word with a certain length. It is the easiest way to find 8-letter word that contains NW to use in Scrabble or Crossword puzzles.