8-letter words containing l, o, w
- boweling — Anatomy. Usually, bowels. the intestine. a part of the intestine.
- bowingly — in a curved manner
- bowl out — In a sport such as cricket, if a team is bowled out, each player in that team has had to stop batting and leave the pitch and there is nobody left to bat.
- bowllike — resembling a bowl; bowl-shaped
- brigalow — any of various acacia trees
- browless — without eyebrows
- bulawayo — a city in SW Zimbabwe founded (1893) on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, the last Matabele king; the country's main industrial centre. Pop: 693 000 (2005 est)
- bungalow — A bungalow is a house which has only one level, and no stairs.
- burlwood — wood taken or cut from a burl.
- bye-blow — by-blow (def 2).
- calloway — Cab(ell) 1907–1994, U.S. jazz bandleader and singer.
- cashflow — Of or pertaining to a cash flow.
- chlodwig — German name of Clovis I.
- chowline — A line of people waiting for food.
- clamworm — any of several burrowing polychaete worms of the genus Nereis, used as bait for fishing.
- claw off — to avoid the dangers of (a lee shore or other hazard) by beating
- clawfoot — (medicine, uncountable) A condition of the human foot in which the sole of the foot is distinctly hollow when bearing weight, i.e. it has a fixed plantar flexion.
- clownery — clownish behavior.
- clowning — clownish behaviour
- clownish — If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- cogwheel — a wheel with a rim notched into teeth, which mesh with those of another wheel or of a rack to transmit or receive motion
- cold war — The Cold War was the period of hostility and tension between the Soviet bloc and the Western powers that followed the Second World War.
- coldslaw — coleslaw.
- coldwork — The elimination of flaws and rough or sharp areas on the surface of blown or cast glass objects; usually achieved by some combination of grinding and polishing.
- coleslaw — Coleslaw is a salad of chopped raw cabbage, carrots, onions, and sometimes other vegetables, usually with mayonnaise.
- colewort — cole
- colorway — (arts) The scheme of two or more colors in which a design is available. It is often used to describe variegated or ombre (shades of one color) print yarns, fabric, or thread. It can also be applied to apparel, to wallpaper and other interior design motifs, and to specifications for printed materials such as magazines or newspapers.
- coltwood — a plant mentioned in Spenser's Faerie Queene, perhaps having a hairy stalk
- cooldown — a series of gentle stretching exercises conducted after strenuous activity in order to allow the heart rate to gradually return to normal
- corn law — any of the laws regulating domestic and foreign trading of grain, the last of which was repealed in 1846.
- cornwall — a former administrative county of SW England; became a unitary authority in 2009: hilly, with a deeply indented coastline. Administrative centre: Truro. Pop: 513 500 (2003 est). Area: 3564 sq km (1376 sq miles)
- cornwell — Patricia D(aniels). born 1956, US crime novelist; her novels, many of which feature the pathologist Dr Kay Scarpetta, include Postmortem (1990), The Last Precinct (2000), and Isle of Dogs (2002)
- cotswold — a breed of sheep with long wool that originated in the Cotswolds. It is believed to be one of the oldest breeds in the world
- cow flop — cow dung.
- cow lily — spatterdock.
- cow-tail — a coarse wool of poor quality.
- cowalker — A phantom or astral body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelganger.
- cowardly — If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
- cowbells — Plural form of cowbell.
- cowgirls — Plural form of cowgirl.
- cowlicks — Plural form of cowlick.
- cowlings — Plural form of cowling.
- cowlneck — a style of neckline for a woman's garment having material draped in rounded folds.
- cowslips — Plural form of cowslip.
- cromwell — Oliver. 1599–1658, English general and statesman. A convinced Puritan, he was an effective leader of the parliamentary army in the Civil War. After the execution of Charles I he quelled the Royalists in Scotland and Ireland, and became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth (1653–58)
- crownlet — a small crown
- cry wolf — If someone cries wolf, they say that there is a problem when there is not, with the result that people do not believe them when there really is a problem.
- deflower — to despoil of beauty, innocence, etc; mar; violate
- disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disbowel — (rare) To disembowel.