8-letter words containing war
- sowarree — an Indian mounted escort
- spacewar — (games) A space-combat simulation game for the PDP-1 written in 1960-61 by Steve Russell, an employee at MIT. SPACEWAR was inspired by E. E. "Doc" Smith's "Lensman" books, in which two spaceships duel around a central sun, shooting torpedoes at each other and jumping through hyperspace. MIT were wondering what to do with a new vector video display so Steve wrote the world's first video game. Steve now lives in California and still writes software for HC12 emulators. SPACEWAR aficionados formed the core of the early hacker culture at MIT. Nine years later, a descendant of the game motivated Ken Thompson to build, in his spare time on a scavenged PDP-7, the operating system that became Unix. Less than nine years after that, SPACEWAR was commercialised as one of the first video games; descendants are still feeping in video arcades everywhere.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- stalwart — strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust.
- stemware — glass or crystal vessels, especially for beverages and desserts, having rounded bowls mounted on footed stems.
- subdwarf — a star which is smaller than a dwarf star
- sunwards — Also, sunwards. toward the sun.
- swarther — swarthy.
- thraward — contrary, stubborn or obstinate
- thrawart — obstinate or intractable.
- thwartly — sideways or crosswise
- toleware — articles made of tole.
- towardly — apt to learn; promising.
- treeware — books, magazines, or other reading materials that are printed on paper made from wood pulp as opposed to texts in the form of computer software, CD-ROM, audio books, etc
- turf war — dispute over territory
- unawares — while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
- unixware — (operating system) Novell's implementation of Unix System 5 heavily based on Release 4.2 but with enhancements and new bundled products. In 1993 Novell acquired Unix Systems Laboratories from AT&T along with the Unix trademark. UnixWare was the result of Novell's efforts to make Unix interoperable with Novell NetWare. In 1995 Novell sold UnixWare and the rights to the Unix operating system to SCO at a time when UnixWare was gainnig popularity. It was later the first 64-bit operating system on the Intel platform, and, in 1999, is the world's fastest-growing commercial operating system.
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- unwarded — not warded or guarded; undefended
- unwarely — unwarily or incautiously; carelessly
- unwarily — not wary; not cautious or watchful, as against danger or misfortune.
- unwarmed — not warmed; unheated
- unwarned — not warned or cautioned; without warning
- unwarped — not warped, as a phonograph record or flooring.
- war baby — a child born or conceived in wartime.
- war bond — debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war
- war game — a simulated military operation, carried out to test the validity of a war plan or operational concept: in its simplest form, two opposing teams of officers take part, and when necessary, military units of the required strength are employed.
- war hawk — hawk1 (def 4).
- war hero — a person who is admired for bravery in war
- war nose — the explosive forward section of a projectile, as of a torpedo or shell; warhead.
- war room — a room at a military headquarters in which strategy is planned and current battle situations are monitored.
- war zone — (during wartime) a combat area in which the rights of neutrals are suspended, as such an area on the high seas, where ships flying a neutral flag are subject to attack.
- war-torn — ravaged by war
- warangal — a city in NE Telangana state, in S India.
- waratahs — Plural form of waratah.
- warblers — Plural form of warbler.
- warbling — to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments: The canary warbled most of the day.
- warcraft — The art or skill of conducting a war.
- ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- wardcorn — a payment of corn in the feudal law system
- wardenry — the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.
- wardmate — A pal met while staying at a hospital.
- wardmote — (historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.
- wardress — a woman who is a warder.
- wardrobe — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- wardroom — the area serving as the living quarters for all commissioned officers except the commanding officer.
- wardship — guardianship; custody.
- wareless — careless
- wareroom — a room in which goods are stored or are displayed for sale.
- warfarer — a person engaged in warfare; a warrior