8-letter words containing w
- forweary — to exhaust
- four-way — providing access or passage in four directions: a four-way entrance.
- fowliang — Older Spelling. former name of Jingdezhen.
- fox wiki — (application) A wiki for the Fox (Free Objects for Crystallography) software.
- freetown — an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.
- freeview — In Britain, Freeview is a free service providing digital terrestrial television.
- freeware — computer software distributed without charge.
- freeways — Plural form of freeway.
- freewill — made or done freely or of one's own accord; voluntary: a freewill contribution to a political fund.
- fret saw — a long, narrow-bladed saw used to cut ornamental work from thin wood. Compare coping saw.
- fretwork — ornamental work consisting of interlacing parts, especially work in which the design is formed by perforation.
- frown on — to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
- frowning — Present participle of frown.
- frowsted — Simple past tense and past participle of frowst.
- frowster — a person who enjoys being in a hot and stale atmosphere
- frowzily — in a frowzy or unkempt manner
- fud wars — /fuhd worz/ Political posturing, intended to create FUD, engaged in by hardware and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardisation but actually willing to fragment the market to protect their own shares. The Unix International vs. OSF conflict is but one outstanding example.
- fuelwood — any wood used as a fuel; firewood
- fujisawa — a city on E Honshu, in Japan, S of Tokyo.
- fujiwara — a member of a powerful family in Japan who exercised power as regents in the name of the emperor, a.d. 858–1160.
- fumewort — Any of various plants of the subfamily Fumarioideae or family Fumariaceae.
- furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
- furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- furrower — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- fuzzword — A term that is deliberately vague or euphemistic in meaning.
- gadwalls — Plural form of gadwall.
- galloway — a historic region in SW Scotland.
- game law — a law enacted for the preservation of game, as by restricting the number and kinds of game that may be taken and by designating periods of the year when specified game may be taken.
- gamefowl — A gamebird.
- gang saw — a saw having several parallel blades for making simultaneous cuts.
- gang way — if someone calls out gang way! they are asking people to make way or clear a path
- gangways — Plural form of gangway.
- gapeworm — a nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that causes gapes.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- gas laws — ideal gas law.
- gas well — a well from which natural gas is obtained.
- gasworks — a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.
- gateways — Plural form of gateway.
- gawkiest — Superlative form of gawky.
- gaywings — fringed polygala.
- gee whiz — People sometimes say gee whiz in order to express a strong reaction to something or to introduce a remark or response.
- gee-whiz — arousing or characterized by surprise, wonder, or triumphant achievement: a gee-whiz technology; a gee-whiz reaction to the sight of the Grand Canyon.
- gershwin — George, 1898–1937, U.S. composer.
- get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get down — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get well — conveying wishes for one's recovery, as from an illness: a get-well card.
- get wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- get with — to go along with
- get-well — conveying wishes for one's recovery, as from an illness: a get-well card.
- getaways — Plural form of getaway.