9-letter words containing l, w
- free will — free and independent choice; voluntary decision: You took on the responsibility of your own free will.
- freewheel — a device in the transmission of a motor vehicle that automatically disengages the drive shaft whenever it begins to turn more rapidly than the engine.
- freeworld — the nations of the world that function chiefly under democratic and capitalistic systems rather than under totalitarianism or Communism.
- frowardly — In a froward manner.
- fuel flow — Fuel flow is the movement of oil or gas through delivery pipes.
- full word — (especially in Chinese grammar) a word that has lexical meaning rather than grammatical meaning; a word or morpheme that functions grammatically as a contentive.
- funnelweb — A literate-programming tool by Ross Williams <[email protected]>. It emphasises simplicity and reliability. It provides a macro facility and assists in the production of typeset documentation. It is independent of the input programming language. Posted to comp.sources.unix volume 26 under CopyLeft. Runs on Sun, Vax, Macintosh and IBM PC.
- furbelows — Plural form of furbelow.
- gall wasp — any wasp of the family Cynipidae, the larvae of which form characteristic galls on plants.
- galliwasp — any of numerous scaly marsh lizards of the genus Diploglossus, inhabiting Central America and the West Indies.
- gallowses — Plural form of gallows.
- galwegian — of or relating to the region of Galloway, Scotland.
- game fowl — a domestic fowl of a breed much used for fighting.
- game laws — a law enacted for the preservation of game, as by restricting the number and kinds of game that may be taken and by designating periods of the year when specified game may be taken.
- gang plow — a combination of two or more plows in one frame.
- gauss law — the principle that the total electric flux of a closed surface in an electric field is equal to 4π times the electric charge inside the surface.
- gearwheel — a wheel having teeth or cogs that engage with those of another wheel or part; cogwheel.
- gene flow — the alteration of the frequencies of alleles of particular genes in a population, resulting from interbreeding with organisms from another population having different frequencies.
- glass jaw — a person's jaw, especially that of a boxer, that is vulnerable to even a light blow.
- glassware — Ornaments and articles made from glass.
- glasswork — the manufacture of glass and glassware.
- glassworm — arrowworm.
- glasswort — any of several plants of the genus Salicornia, of the amaranth family, having succulent stems with rudimentary leaves, formerly used, when burned to ashes, as a source of soda for glassmaking.
- glendower — Owen, 1359?–1416? Welsh rebel against Henry IV of England.
- glow lamp — a vacuum tube containing a gas that is ionized by the electrons, giving a visible glow.
- glow plug — a device for each cylinder of a diesel engine with a heating element to heat the incoming fuel and air so that combustion will take place more readily when the engine is cold.
- glow-worm — the wingless female or larva of the European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish light.
- glowering — to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
- glowingly — incandescent.
- glowstick — Alternative spelling of glow stick.
- glowworms — Plural form of glowworm.
- gnawingly — In a manner that chafes or worries.
- go to law — If you go to law, you go to court in order to get a legal judgment on a dispute.
- goalwards — toward or in the direction of the opposing team's goal
- god-awful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- goldwater — Barry Morris, 1909–1998, U.S. politician: U.S senator 1953–64 and 1968–87.
- golliwogg — a grotesque black doll.
- golliwogs — Plural form of golliwog.
- good will — friendly disposition; benevolence; kindness.
- goodwilly — a volunteer.
- gowpenful — an amount that can be contained in cupped hands
- gray wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus, having a usually grizzled, blackish, or whitish coat: formerly common in Eurasia and North America, some subspecies are now reduced in numbers or near extinction.
- greenlawn — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- grillwork — material so formed as to function as or to have the appearance of a grille.
- gromwells — Plural form of gromwell.
- growingly — becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity: growing discontent among industrial workers.
- grunewald — Mathias [mah-tee-ahs] /mɑˈti ɑs/ (Show IPA), (Mathias Neithardt-Gothardt) c1470–1528, German painter and architect.
- guiltware — /gilt'weir/ 1. A piece of freeware decorated with a message telling one how long and hard the author worked on it and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money. 2. Shareware that works.
- gull wing — an aircraft wing having a short upward-sloping inner section and a longer horizontal outer section
- gull-wing — (of an automobile door) hinged at the top and opening upward.