4-letter words containing a, l
- waul — Give a loud plaintive cry like that of a cat.
- wawl — Alternative form of waul.
- wbal — West Bay Athletic League
- weal — wheal.
- wlan — wireless local area network
- wlda — Womens Long Drive Association
- wlga — Whitefish Lake Golf Association
- wmla — Whitby Minor Lacrosse Association
- wnla — Witwatersrand Native Labour Association
- wral — Western Riding Association Luxembourg
- xtal — Abbreviation of crystal.
- yald — vigorous, lively, active
- yale — Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- yall — Alternative form of y'all.
- yalu — a river in E Asia, forming part of the boundary between Manchuria and North Korea and flowing SW to the Yellow Sea. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- yaml — YAML Ain't Markup Language
- yarl — A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the 1990s and early 2000s.
- yawl — a ship's small boat, rowed by a crew of four or six.
- yola — (US, slang, California) cocaine.
- zail — (India) An administrative unit of two to forty villages during the British Raj in India.
- zeal — fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
- zila — an administrative district in India
- zola — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1840–1902, French novelist.