8-letter words containing l, o, w
- footwell — a recessed compartment in front of the seats of a vehicle.
- forewall — The foremost outer wall of a fortification.
- fowliang — Older Spelling. former name of Jingdezhen.
- frowzily — in a frowzy or unkempt manner
- fuelwood — any wood used as a fuel; firewood
- furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
- galloway — a historic region in SW Scotland.
- gamefowl — A gamebird.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- giltwood — made of wood and gilded
- glenwood — a town in SW Iowa.
- glowered — to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
- glowlamp — An aphlogistic lamp.
- glowworm — the wingless female or larva of the European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish light.
- goalward — relating to a move towards a goal
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- goldwork — work produced by a goldsmith.
- golliwog — a grotesque black doll.
- gollywog — Alternative form of golliwog.
- goodwill — friendly disposition; benevolence; kindness.
- gottwald — Klement [kle-ment] /ˈklɛ mɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, Czech Communist leader: prime minister 1946–48; president 1948–53.
- grey owl — Grey Owl, original name Archibald Belaney (1888–1938). Canadian writer and conservationist, born in England; adopted Native American identity
- griswold — Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
- gromwell — any of various often hairy plants of the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family, usually bearing white or yellowish flowers and smooth, white, stony nutlets.
- growable — able to be cultivated or grown
- growlers — Plural form of growler.
- growlery — a place to retreat to, alone, when ill-humoured
- growling — Producing a growl.
- hailwood — Mike, full name Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood. 1940–81, English racing motorcyclist: world champion (250 cc.) 1961 and 1966–67; (350 cc.) 1966–67; and (500 cc.) 1962–65
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- hallowed — regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions.
- hawk owl — a gray and white diurnal owl, Surnia ulula, of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, resembling a hawk in appearance and actions.
- heelwork — the training of a dog to heel or perform maneuvers while heeling.
- henslowe — Philip, died 1616, English theater manager.
- high-low — a game of poker in which both high and low hands are eligible to win, the pot usually being split equally between the player with the highest hand and the player with the lowest hand.
- hog wild — highly excited; without moderation or restraint
- hog-wild — wildly or intemperately enthusiastic or excited.
- holddown — a clamp for holding a metal piece, as a sheet being deep-drawn, to prevent distortion or movement.
- hole saw — crown saw.
- hollowed — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- hollower — Comparative form of hollow.
- hollowly — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- holy cow — astonishment
- holy war — a war waged for what is supposed or proclaimed to be a holy purpose, as the defense of faith.
- hoot owl — any of various owls that hoot.
- hopewell — a city in E Virginia, on the James River.
- hot well — a tank or reservoir in which hot water is collected before being recirculated, especially condensed steam about to be returned to a boiler.
- hounslow — a borough of Greater London, England.
- howlings — Plural form of howling.
- in-world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.