8-letter words starting with w
- 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.
- wastebin — A wastebasket; a bin used for household or office waste.
- wasteful — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- wastelot — a vacant lot, especially one overgrown with weeds or covered with rubbish.
- wasteway — an open ditch for the passage of waste water
- wastings — Plural form of wasting.
- wastrels — Plural form of wastrel.
- wastrife — wastefulness
- watch it — You say 'watch it' in order to warn someone to be careful, especially when you want to threaten them about what will happen if they are not careful.
- watchbox — a sentry's shelter
- watchcry — a slogan used to rally support
- watchdog — a dog kept to guard property.
- watchers — Plural form of watcher.
- watcheye — an eye, especially of a dog, with a whitish iris or a white opacity of the cornea; walleye.
- watchful — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- watching — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- watchman — a person who keeps guard over a building at night, to protect it from fire, vandals, or thieves.
- watchmen — a person who keeps guard over a building at night, to protect it from fire, vandals, or thieves.
- watchout — the act of looking out for or anticipating something; lookout: Keep a watchout for dishonest behavior.
- water ox — water buffalo.
- waterage — the transportation of cargo by means of ships, or the charges for such transportation
- waterbed — a bed having a liquid-filled rubber or plastic mattress in a rigid, often heated, waterproof frame, and providing a surface that conforms to the sleeper's body in any position.
- waterboy — Alternative spelling of water boy.
- waterbus — Alternative spelling of water bus.
- waterdog — any of several large salamanders, as a mudpuppy or hellbender.
- watereth — Archaic third-person singular form of water.