8-letter words containing a, l, e, w
- low gear — the arrangement of gears providing little speed but great torque
- low-rate — to place a low value on: a policy of low-rating most modern artists.
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- male cow — a bull.
- maxwells — Plural form of maxwell.
- mealworm — the larva of any of several darkling beetles of the genus Tenebrio, which infests granaries and is used as food for birds and animals.
- new deal — the principles of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, especially those advocated under the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for economic recovery and social reforms.
- new talk — ntalk
- newlands — John Alexander. 1838–98, British chemist: classified the elements in order of their atomic weight, noticing similarities in every eighth and thus discovering his law of octaves
- newslady — A newswoman.
- obwalden — one of the two divisions of the canton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 189 sq. mi. (490 sq. km). Capital: Sarnen.
- outlawed — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- palewise — by perpendicular lines
- pawnable — able to be pawned
- playwear — playclothes.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- racewalk — to race by walking fast rather than running
- ragwheel — a chain or sprocket wheel
- raw deal — unjust treatment
- read law — to study to become a lawyer
- reviewal — the act of reviewing.
- ropewalk — a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.
- rosewall — Ken(neth R.) born 1934, Australian tennis player.
- royal we — we (def 5).
- sandwell — a unitary authority in central England, in West Midlands. Pop: 285 000 (2003 est). Area: 86 sq km (33 sq miles)
- sawblade — the blade of a saw
- scrawled — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- scrawler — a person who scrawls.
- sea wall — a strong wall or embankment to prevent the encroachments of the sea, serve as a breakwater, etc.
- sea wolf — any of several large, voracious, marine fishes, as the wolffish or sea bass.
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.
- shadwell — Thomas, 1642?–92, English dramatist: poet laureate 1688–92.
- showable — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- sidewalk — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.
- sidewall — the part of a pneumatic tire between the edge of the tread and the rim of the wheel.
- skewbald — (especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.
- slideway — an inclined surface along which something can slide.
- slipware — pottery decorated with slip.
- sprawled — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- stewable — capable of being made into a stew
- stowable — Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.
- sulawesi — an island in central Indonesia. 72,986 sq. mi. (189,034 sq. km).
- swaddler — a blanket in which to swaddle a baby
- swayable — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- toleware — articles made of tole.
- towplane — an aeroplane that tows gliders
- treelawn — a narrow band of grass between a road and a pavement, usually planted with trees
- twaddler — trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
- twangler — a person who twangles
- twattler — a person who twattles; a chatterbox