8-letter words containing n, w, o, r
- linework — (arts) The technique of drawing lines.
- linkwork — something composed of links, as a chain.
- loanword — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- longword — (computing) A type of unsigned integer variable that is longer than a word (specific number of bits depends upon architecture).
- low rent — Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.
- low-rent — Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.
- lowering — comparative of low1 .
- lungworm — any nematode worm of the superfamily Metastrongylidae, parasitic in the lungs of various mammals.
- lungwort — a European plant, Pulmonaria officinalis, of the borage family, having blue flowers.
- manpower — power in terms of people available or required for work or military service: the manpower of a country.
- mansworn — Past participle of manswear.
- manwhore — (slang) A man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- merwoman — A mermaid.
- merwomen — Plural form of merwoman.
- monobrow — a pair of eyebrows that appear to be connected because of some extra hair growing in the space between them: He had very bushy eyebrows, almost a unibrow.
- moonward — Also, moonwards. toward the moon: turned their eyes moonward.
- moonwort — any fern of the genus Botrychium, especially B. lunaria, a rare fern having fronds with crescent-shaped leaflets.
- morwongs — Plural form of morwong.
- mowburnt — (of hay, straw, etc) damaged by overheating in a mow
- nanowire — A nanoscale rod made of semiconducting material, used in miniature transistors and some laser applications.
- narrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of narrow.
- narrower — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- narrowly — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- networks — Plural form of network.
- new york — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
- newborns — A recently born child or animal.
- newcomer — a person or thing that has recently arrived; new arrival: She is a newcomer to our city. The firm is a newcomer in the field of advertising.
- newsroom — a room in the offices of a newspaper, news service, or broadcasting organization in which the news is processed.
- no throw — an illegal throw in a sport such as the discus or shot put
- nonowner — a person who is not an owner
- note row — tone row.
- nowheres — in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
- nutbrown — dark brown, as many nuts when ripe.
- nyetwork — notwork
- onwardly — moving forward; advancing
- openwork — any kind of work, especially ornamental, as of embroidery, lace, metal, stone, or wood, having a latticelike nature or showing openings through its substance.
- our town — a play (1938) by Thornton Wilder.
- outfrown — to outdo in frowning; silence, abash, or subdue by frowning.
- outgrown — to grow too large for: to outgrow one's clothes.
- ovenware — heat-resistant dishes of glass, pottery, etc., for baking and serving food; bakeware.
- overween — to be conceited or arrogant.
- overwind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- overwing — to fly above
- overworn — past participle of overwear.
- powering — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- preowned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- prowling — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.