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9-letter words containing l, a, w, f

  • leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
  • luftwaffe — air force.
  • mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
  • mews flat — a flat or apartment situated in a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings
  • newfangle — (obsolete) Eager for novelties; desirous of changing.
  • newsflash — flash (def 6).
  • rauwolfia — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rauwolfia, as R. serpentina, of India.
  • rewardful — offering reward; rewarding
  • safflower — a thistlelike composite plant, Carthamus tinctorius, native to the Old World, having finely toothed leaves and large, orange-red flower heads.
  • self-want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
  • selfwards — in the direction of oneself
  • shelfware — Computers. software or hardware that remains unsold, unused, or underused: shelfware as part of a bundled license deal.
  • show flat — a newly-build flat that is decorated and furnished for prospective buyers to view
  • snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
  • sweetleaf — a shrub or small tree, Symplocos tinctoria, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having lance-shaped leaves, yellowish, fragrant flowers, and orange or brown fruit.
  • tafelwein — German table wine
  • waferlike — Having a shape or texture similar to a wafer.
  • wakefield — a city in West Yorkshire, in N England: battle 1460.
  • wakefully — In a wakeful manner.
  • waldflute — an organ flute stop
  • wall fern — the polypody, especially Polypodium vulgare or P. virginianum.
  • wasterful — Lb obsolete wasteful.
  • waterfall — a steep fall or flow of water in a watercourse from a height, as over a precipice; cascade.
  • waterfowl — a water bird, especially a swimming bird.
  • waterleaf — any of several North American plants of the genus Hydrophyllum, having clusters of bluish or white flowers and leaves often bearing marks resembling water stains.
  • waxflower — (botany) Any plant of the genus Hoya.
  • welfarism — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
  • welfarist — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
  • welfarite — a person who is on welfare
  • westfalen — German name of Westphalia.
  • wildcraft — The harvesting of wild plants to sell or make into saleable products.
  • windfalls — Plural form of windfall.
  • wing flap — a control flap on the wing of an aeroplane
  • wing flat — a flat, especially a two-fold, usually forming part of a unit of four panels of painted scenery.
  • wolf call — a whistle, shout, or the like uttered by a male in admiration of a female's appearance.
  • wolf pack — a group of submarines operating together in hunting down and attacking enemy convoys.
  • wolframic — tungstic.
  • wolfsbane — any of several plants in the aconite genus Aconitum, including A. lycoctonum, bearing stalks of hood-shaped purplish-blue flowers, the monkshood A. napellus, which yields a poisonous alkaloid used medicinally, and numerous garden varieties in various colors.
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