8-letter words containing wa
- huntaway — a sheep dog.
- hwang ho — Older Spelling. Huang He.
- ichikawa — a city on E Honshu, in Japan, NE of Tokyo.
- in a way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- interwar — occurring during a period of peace between two wars, especially between World War I and World War II.
- inwardly — in or on, or with reference to, the inside or inner part; internally.
- ironware — articles of iron, as pots, kettles, or tools; hardware.
- jaywalks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaywalk.
- jet wash — Aeronautics. the backwash caused by a jet engine.
- kakogawa — a city in S Honshu, Japan.
- kanazawa — a seaport on W Honshu, in central Japan.
- kangwane — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa; abolished in 1994. Capital: Schoemansdal
- kawabata — Yasunari [yah-soo-nah-ree] /ˈyɑ sʊˈnɑ ri/ (Show IPA), 1899–1972, Japanese novelist and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1968.
- kawakawa — an aromatic shrub or small tree of New Zealand, Macropiper excelsum: held to be sacred by the Māoris
- kawasaki — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, SW of Tokyo.
- keewatin — a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).
- kilowatt — a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. Abbreviation: kW, kw.
- kingwana — a language of the Democratic Republic of Congo in W Africa, closely related to Swahili and used as a lingua franca
- kirkwall — a town on Pomona island, NE of Scotland in the Orkney Islands: administrative center of the Orkney Islands.
- kirkward — towards the church
- knowable — capable of being known.
- kurosawa — Akira [ah-kee-rah] /ɑˈki rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–1998, Japanese film director.
- kwakiutl — a member of a North American Indian people of Vancouver Island and the adjacent British Columbian coast.
- kwan-yin — one of the Chinese female Boddhisattvas, noted for her kindness: often considered an aspect of Avalokitesvara.
- kwantung — Older Spelling. Guandong.
- landward — Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
- landwash — the foreshore, especially that part between high and low tidemarks.
- lane-way — a lane
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- lay away — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lee wave — the wavelike effect, characterized by severe updrafts and downdrafts, that occurs when rapidly flowing air encounters the steep front of a mountain range.
- leewards — towards the lee side
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- lindwall — Ray(mond Russell). 1921–96, Australian cricketer. A fast bowler, he played for Australia 61 times between 1946 and 1958
- liveware — /li:v'weir/ 1. A less common synonym for wetware 2. (Cambridge) Vermin. "Waiter, there's some liveware in my salad."
- lockaway — an investment intended to be held for a relatively long time
- longwall — noting or pertaining to a means of extracting coal or other minerals in an underground mine from a continuous face, the roof before the face being supported at intervals by temporary or movable artificial supports. Compare room-and-pillar.
- longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
- longways — longwise.
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- make way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- meatware — Less common synonym for wetware.
- megawatt — a unit of power, equal to one million watts. Abbreviation: MW.
- midwatch — middle watch.
- midwater — The part of a body of water near neither the bottom nor the surface.
- mindware — The mental knowledge and procedures that a person uses to solve problems or make decisions.
- misaward — to award wrongly
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- moonwalk — an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon.