8-letter words containing wa
- warfarin — a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble anticoagulant, C 19 H 16 O 4 , used chiefly as a rodenticide.
- warfield — David, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.
- wargames — (recreation) (Not "War Games") A 1983 film about a schoolboy cracker using a wardialer to try to break into a games company's computer and accidentally connecting to a backdoor into "Whopper", a ficticious C3 computer at Norad (USAF). He then procedes to unwittingly initiate global thermonuclear warfare. Playing naughts and crosses finally teaches Whopper that the only way to win the game is never to play.
- warhable — able to fight in war
- warheads — Plural form of warhead.
- warhorse — a horse used in war; charger.
- wariment — caution
- wariness — the state or quality of being wary.
- warisons — Plural form of warison.
- warlocks — Plural form of warlock.
- warlords — Plural form of warlord.
- warlpiri — an Aboriginal language of central Australia
- warmaker — someone who wages war
- warmness — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- warmouth — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gulosus, of the eastern U.S., having a patch of small teeth on its tongue.
- warn off — If you warn someone off, you tell them to go away or to stop doing something because of possible danger or punishment.
- warnings — Plural form of warning.
- warpaint — A pigment or paint traditionally used in some societies, especially those of North American Indians, to decorate the face and body before battle.
- warplane — an airplane designed for, or used in, warfare.
- warpower — the ability to wage war
- warpwise — in a vertical direction; at right angles to the filling; lengthwise.
- warragal — Alternative form of warrigal.
- warrants — Plural form of warrant.
- warranty — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- warrener — the keeper of a rabbit warren.
- warrigal — dingo.
- warriors — Plural form of warrior.
- warships — Plural form of warship.
- warszawa — Polish name of Warsaw.
- wart hog — wild boar with tusks
- wartburg — a castle in E Germany, in Thuringia, near Eisenach: Luther translated the New Testament here 1521–22.
- warthogs — Plural form of warthog.
- wartless — Without warts.
- wartweed — any of various plants, Euphorbia Helioscopia, E. Peplus and Chelidonium majus, used to cure warts
- 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.
- wash-rag — A wash-rag is the same as a washcloth.
- washable — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- washball — a ball of soap for shaving the face or washing the face and hands
- washbowl — a large bowl or basin used for washing one's hands and face, small articles of clothing, etc.
- washdays — Plural form of washday.
- washdown — the act or process of washing down, as in cleaning something completely.
- washings — the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution.
- washland — a periodically flooded plain
- washouts — Plural form of washout.
- washroom — a room having washbowls and other toilet facilities.
- washtubs — Plural form of washtub.
- wasplike — any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- waspnest — the nest of a wasp
- wassails — Plural form of wassail.
- wastages — Plural form of wastage.