8-letter words containing l, w
- erewhile — A while before ; some time ago.
- eschewal — The act of eschewing.
- fallaway — a shot in basketball made while moving away from the basket
- fallower — A person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
- farewell — Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
- feedwell — A feedwell is a small container which holds the feed to a bulk settler (= device for separating two substances by gravity) and from which the feed overflows.
- fellowly — sociable or friendly.
- fewtrils — trifles; things of little value
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- fishbowl — a glass bowl for goldfish, snails, etc.
- flat-saw — plain-saw.
- flatware — utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- flatwash — an area of solid colour, whether in artwork or scenery
- flatways — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- flatwise — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- flatwork — sheets, tablecloths, etc., that are ordinarily ironed mechanically, as on a mangle, rather than by hand.
- flatworm — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth.
- flawless — having no defects or faults, especially none that diminish the value of something: a flawless Ming Dynasty vase.
- flaxweed — Toadflax.
- fleawort — a European plantain, Plantago psyllium, having seeds that are used in medicine.
- floodway — the channel and adjacent shore areas under water during a flood, especially as determined for a flood of a given height.
- flowable — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- flowback — return or redistribution of something that has been received or acquired.
- flowered — having flowers.
- flowerer — a plant that flowers at a specific time or in a certain manner.
- floweret — a small flower; floret.
- flowless — Without flow.
- flowrate — The flowrate is the speed at which fluid in a pipe moves, or the speed at which it moves from a reservoir into a wellbore.
- fluework — the flue stops of an organ collectively
- fly swat — fly swatter.
- flyblown — covered with flyblows: flyblown meat.
- flyblows — the eggs or young larvae of a blowfly, deposited on meat, paper, etc
- flywheel — a heavy disk or wheel rotating on a shaft so that its momentum gives almost uniform rotational speed to the shaft and to all connected machinery.
- flywhisk — a device for brushing away flies, often made of horsehair.
- foldaway — designed to be folded out of the way when not in use: a foldaway bed.
- folkways — The traditional behavior or way of life of a particular community or group of people.
- followed — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- follower — a person or thing that follows.
- followup — the act of following.
- footwall — Mining. the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore. Compare hanging wall (def 1).
- 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.
- freewill — made or done freely or of one's own accord; voluntary: a freewill contribution to a political fund.
- 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.
- gadwalls — Plural form of gadwall.
- galloway — a historic region in SW Scotland.