8-letter words containing a, f, e, w
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.
- software — Computers. the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. Compare hardware (def 5).
- spaewife — a woman who foretells the future
- twinleaf — a North American herb, Jeffersonia diphylla, having a single white blossom and leaves divided in two.
- unflawed — perfect
- wafering — Present participle of wafer.
- waiflike — Resembling a waif; apparently homeless, starving, etc.
- wakerife — wakeful.
- warfarer — a person engaged in warfare; a warrior
- warfield — David, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.
- wasteful — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- wastrife — wastefulness
- wave-off — (on an aircraft carrier) the last-minute signaling to an aircraft making its final landing approach that it is not to land on that particular pass but is to go around and come in again.
- waveform — the shape of a wave, a graph obtained by plotting the instantaneous values of a periodic quantity against the time.
- wayfarer — a traveler, especially on foot.
- weakfish — any food fish of the genus Cynoscion, as C. regalis, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
- wear off — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- weariful — full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
- web farm — a large website that uses two or more servers to handle user requests
- wellfare — Obsolete form of welfare.
- wharfage — the use of a wharf: to charge higher rates for wharfage.
- wheyface — a face that or a person who is pallid, as from fear.
- wolfbane — See 'wolfsbane'.
- workfare — a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training.
- worksafe — (of an internet link, etc) suitable for viewing in the workplace because of an absence of pornographic content
- wreakful — (obsolete) Vengeful; angry, furious.