8-Letter Words Starting With W
Here's the list of all the 1080 8-Letter Words Starting With W in the English Language.
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wireless | 1. medium for communication 2. transmission by radio waves More Definitions → |
workshop | 1. small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done 2. a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving More Definitions → |
warranty | 1. a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications More Definitions → |
whatever | 1. one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier, elective existential More Definitions → |
wildlife | 1. all living things (except people) that are undomesticated More Definitions → |
watching | 1. the act of observing; taking a patient look More Definitions → |
wellness | 1. a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease More Definitions → |
wrapping | 1. arrange or fold as a cover or protection 2. arrange or coil around More Definitions → |
wherever | 1. where in the world; location, singular, elective existential pronoun More Definitions → |
weighted | 1. made heavy or weighted down with weariness 2. adjusted to reflect value or proportion More Definitions → |
workflow | 1. progress (or rate of progress) in work being done More Definitions → |
woodland | 1. land that is covered with trees and shrubs More Definitions → |
withdraw | 1. pull back or move away or backward 2. withdraw from active participation More Definitions → |
weakness | 1. a flaw or weak point 2. powerlessness revealed by an inability to act More Definitions → |
waterloo | 1. a final crushing defeat More Definitions → |
wardrobe | 1. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes 2. collection of clothing belonging to one person More Definitions → |
weighing | 1. careful consideration More Definitions → |
whistler | 1. someone who makes a loud high sound 2. large North American mountain marmot More Definitions → |
workload | 1. work that a person is expected to do in a specified time More Definitions → |
withheld | 1. hold back; refuse to hand over or share 2. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments More Definitions → |
workbook | 1. a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them More Definitions → |
watchdog | 1. a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste 2. a dog trained to guard property More Definitions → |
wrongful | 1. having no legally established claim 2. unlawfully violating the rights of others More Definitions → |
washable | 1. capable of being washed without injury More Definitions → |
worrying | 1. the act of harassing someone 2. the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes More Definitions → |
watering | 1. shedding tears 2. wetting with water More Definitions → |
widening | 1. an increase in width 2. a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park More Definitions → |
waveform | 1. the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time More Definitions → |
whipping | 1. beat severely with a whip or rod 2. defeat thoroughly More Definitions → |
wrangler | 1. someone who argues noisily or angrily 2. a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses More Definitions → |
wheeling | 1. propelling something on wheels More Definitions → |
weakened | 1. impaired by diminution 2. made weak or weaker More Definitions → |
withdrew | 1. pull back or move away or backward 2. withdraw from active participation More Definitions → |
workings | 1. the internal mechanism of a device 2. a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked More Definitions → |
withhold | 1. hold back; refuse to hand over or share 2. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments More Definitions → |
woodruff | 1. Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula 2. any plant of the genus Asperula More Definitions → |
waitress | 1. serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant 2. a woman waiter More Definitions → |
wildfire | 1. a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration More Definitions → |
waterway | 1. a navigable body of water 2. a conduit through which water flows More Definitions → |
westward | 1. the cardinal compass point that is at 270 degrees 2. moving toward the west More Definitions → |
windmill | 1. a mill that is powered by the wind 2. generator that extracts usable energy from winds More Definitions → |
werewolf | 1. a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again More Definitions → |
workable | 1. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are More Definitions → |
waterman | 1. someone who drives or rides in a boat More Definitions → |
winnings | 1. something won (especially money) More Definitions → |
woodwork | 1. work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture 2. the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood More Definitions → |
woodwind | 1. any wind instrument other than the brass instruments More Definitions → |
westerly | 1. of wind; from the west 2. moving toward the west More Definitions → |
wrestler | 1. combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground More Definitions → |
wearable | 1. suitable for wear or able to be worn 2. a covering designed to be worn on a person's body More Definitions → |
weaponry | 1. weapons considered collectively More Definitions → |
wretched | 1. of very poor quality or condition 2. characterized by physical misery More Definitions → |
wondrous | 1. extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers 2. (used as an intensifier) excellently More Definitions → |
wanderer | 1. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life 2. a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine More Definitions → |
wrecking | 1. the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled 2. destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined More Definitions → |
whiplash | 1. an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) 2. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object More Definitions → |
wideband | 1. responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies More Definitions → |
windfall | 1. fruit that has fallen from the tree 2. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) More Definitions → |
whopping | 1. strike hard 2. hit hard More Definitions → |
windward | 1. the direction from which the wind is coming 2. the side of something that is toward the wind More Definitions → |
wreckage | 1. the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked More Definitions → |
watchful | 1. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness 2. carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger More Definitions → |
wasteful | 1. tending to squander and waste 2. inefficient in use of time and effort and materials More Definitions → |
warfarin | 1. an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus More Definitions → |
workwear | 1. heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work More Definitions → |
woodbine | 1. common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit 2. European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers More Definitions → |
wounding | 1. the act of inflicting a wound 2. causing physical or especially psychological injury More Definitions → |
wrinkled | 1. marked by wrinkles 2. (of linens or clothes) not ironed More Definitions → |
watchman | 1. a guard who keeps watch More Definitions → |
worsened | 1. changed for the worse in health or fitness 2. made or become worse; impaired More Definitions → |
woodcock | 1. game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe More Definitions → |
whiskers | 1. the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face More Definitions → |
washroom | 1. a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place) More Definitions → |
wizardry | 1. exceptional creative ability More Definitions → |
wishbone | 1. the furcula of a domestic fowl More Definitions → |
wheezing | 1. relating to breathing with a whistling sound More Definitions → |
whirling | 1. the act of rotating in a circle or spiral More Definitions → |
withered | 1. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness 2. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture More Definitions → |
wingspan | 1. linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil More Definitions → |
wisteria | 1. any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria More Definitions → |
woefully | 1. in an unfortunate or deplorable manner More Definitions → |
workweek | 1. hours or days of work in a calendar week More Definitions → |
waggoner | 1. the driver of a wagon More Definitions → |
wellhead | 1. the source of water for a well 2. a structure built over a well More Definitions → |
wickedly | 1. in a wicked evil manner More Definitions → |
wormwood | 1. any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium More Definitions → |
wormhole | 1. hole made by a burrowing worm More Definitions → |
wordplay | 1. a humorous play on words More Definitions → |
weeklong | 1. lasting through a week More Definitions → |
writhing | 1. moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion More Definitions → |
wavering | 1. indecision in speech or action 2. the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes More Definitions → |
windsurf | 1. ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water More Definitions → |
wilfully | 1. in a willful manner More Definitions → |
whacking | 1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows 2. (British informal) enormous More Definitions → |
woodsman | 1. someone who lives in the woods 2. makes things out of wood More Definitions → |
wayfarer | 1. a pedestrian who walks from place to place 2. a traveler going on a trip More Definitions → |
whodunit | 1. a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie More Definitions → |
whitener | 1. an agent that makes things white or colorless More Definitions → |
wildness | 1. a feeling of extreme emotional intensity 2. the property of being wild or turbulent More Definitions → |
wordless | 1. expressed without speech More Definitions → |
witchery | 1. the art of sorcery More Definitions → |
wingless | 1. lacking wings More Definitions → |
witching | 1. the use or practice of witchcraft 2. possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers More Definitions → |
workroom | 1. room where work is done More Definitions → |
wildfowl | 1. flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food More Definitions → |
windlass | 1. lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds More Definitions → |
wobbling | 1. (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily More Definitions → |
wristlet | 1. a band or bracelet worn around the wrist More Definitions → |