8-letter words starting with we
- wellborn — born of a good, noble, or highly esteemed family.
- wellcurb — a stone surround at the top of a well
- welldoer — a moral person; someone who does good
- wellfare — Obsolete form of welfare.
- wellhead — a fountainhead; source.
- wellhole — the shaft of a well.
- wellness — the quality or state of being healthy in body and mind, especially as the result of deliberate effort.
- wellsian — of or relating to the writings of H.G. Wells
- wellsite — the site of a well
- welshing — Present participle of welsh.
- welshman — a native or inhabitant of Wales.
- weltered — Simple past tense and past participle of welter.
- wenching — a country lass or working girl: The milkmaid was a healthy wench.
- werebear — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between bear and human form.
- weregeld — Alternative spelling of wergeld.
- weregild — (in Anglo-Saxon England and other Germanic countries)
- werelion — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between lion and human form.
- werewolf — (in folklore and superstition) a human being who has changed into a wolf, or is capable of assuming the form of a wolf, while retaining human intelligence.
- wesleyan — of or relating to John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
- west end — W section of London, England: center of theater and fashion
- west ham — a former borough, now part of Newham, in SE England, near London.
- westbury — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- westenra — Hayley (Dee). born 1987, New Zealand singer, known for the purity of her voice in many musical genres
- westered — (of heavenly bodies) to move or tend westward.
- westerly — moving, directed, or situated toward the west: the westerly end of the field.
- westerns — Plural form of western.
- westford — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- westings — Plural form of westing.
- westlake — a city in N Ohio.
- westland — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- westling — (obsolete) A westerner.
- westlins — to or in the west
- westmont — a town in NE Illinois.
- westmost — westernmost.
- westport — a town in SW Connecticut.
- westside — The western side of a building, street, area etc.
- westward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west: a westward migration of farm workers.
- westwego — a town in SE Louisiana.
- westwood — a city in E Massachusetts.
- westwork — (in German Romanesque architecture) a monumental western front to a church, treated as a tower or towers containing an entrance and vestibule below and a chapel above.
- wet cell — a cell whose electrolyte is in liquid form and free to flow.
- wet dock — a dock accessible only around the time of high tide and entered through locks or gates.
- wet fish — fresh fish as opposed to frozen or cooked fish
- wet look — a shiny finish given to certain clothing and footwear materials, esp plastic and leather
- wet pack — a type of bath in which wet sheets are applied to the patient.
- wet room — a type of water-proofed room with a drain in the floor often serving as an open-plan shower
- wet suit — a close-fitting rubber garment worn by a skin diver in cold water that allows a thin, insulating layer of water to collect between the diver's skin and the suit in order to retain body heat.
- wet wash — laundry that has been washed but not dried or ironed. Compare dry wash (def 1).
- wet wipe — moist tissue
- wetbacks — Plural form of wetback; a slur towards persons of Mexican descent in the United States.