8-letter words containing l, o, w, i
- two-line — (formerly) denoting double the normal size of printer's type
- vowelize — to provide (a Hebrew, Arabic, etc., text) with vowel points; vocalize.
- wailsome — wailful.
- wallonia — a region in S Belgium: chiefly French-speaking. 6504 sq. mi. (16,844 sq. km).
- werelion — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between lion and human form.
- whitlows — Plural form of whitlow.
- wholphin — the hybrid offspring of a whale and a dolphin
- wild hog — variety of pig: boar
- wild oat — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
- wildfowl — a game bird, especially a wild duck, goose, or swan.
- wildwood — a wood growing in the wild or natural state; forest.
- willowed — any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, characterized by narrow, lance-shaped leaves and dense catkins bearing small flowers, many species having tough, pliable twigs or branches used for wickerwork, etc. Compare willow family.
- willower — a person or a thing that willows.
- windblow — the uprooting of trees by wind
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- wittolly — characteristic of a wittol
- wobbling — that wobbles or causes to wobble.
- woggling — Present participle of woggle.
- wolffian — Christian von [kris-tee-ahn fuh n] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), Baron. Also, Wolf. 1679–1754, German philosopher and mathematician.
- wolffish — any large fish of the genus Anarhichas, as A. lupus of the northern Atlantic, allied to the blenny and noted for its ferocious appearance and habits.
- wolfflin — Eduard [German ey-doo-ahrt] /German ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, Swiss classical scholar.
- wolflike — any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
- wolfling — a young wolf
- wolfskin — The skin or pelt of a wolf.
- womblike — Resembling a womb or uterus in shape or function.
- woodlice — Plural form of woodlouse.
- woodlike — Resembling wood, such as in color or texture.
- woodpile — a pile or stack of firewood.
- wooingly — In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness.
- wooliest — Superlative form of wooly.
- woollier — Comparative form of woolly.
- woollies — Plural form of woolly.
- woollike — Resembling wool or some aspect of it.
- woollily — Alternative spelling of woolily.
- woolskin — a sheepskin with the wool still attached.
- woolwich — a former borough of Greater London, England, now part of Greenwich and Newham: royal military academy and arsenal.
- wordlist — A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic.
- workgirl — a young female manual worker
- wormlike — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- worthily — having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- woulding — (obsolete) An emotion of desire; an inclination; velleity.
- woundily — in an extreme or excessive manner