8-letter words containing w, a, i, l
- raw milk — unpasteurized milk
- raw silk — reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed.
- rawlings — Marjorie Kinnan [ki-nan] /kɪˈnæn/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, U.S. novelist and journalist.
- reviewal — the act of reviewing.
- sidewalk — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.
- sidewall — the part of a pneumatic tire between the edge of the tread and the rim of the wheel.
- skil saw — a portable electric saw
- slideway — an inclined surface along which something can slide.
- slipware — pottery decorated with slip.
- spillway — a passageway through which surplus water escapes from a reservoir, lake, or the like.
- sulawesi — an island in central Indonesia. 72,986 sq. mi. (189,034 sq. km).
- tailwind — a wind coming from directly behind a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to headwind).
- trawling — fishing using a trawl net or trawl line
- twinleaf — a North American herb, Jeffersonia diphylla, having a single white blossom and leaves divided in two.
- unwarily — not wary; not cautious or watchful, as against danger or misfortune.
- viewable — capable of being viewed; visible.
- waddling — Present participle of waddle.
- waffling — to talk foolishly or without purpose; idle away time talking.
- waggling — Present participle of waggle.
- wagtails — Plural form of wagtail.
- waiflike — Resembling a waif; apparently homeless, starving, etc.
- wailings — Plural form of wailing.
- wailsome — wailful.
- waitlist — to place on a waiting list: All they could do was to waitlist us for the afternoon flight.
- walachia — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- waldheim — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1918–2007, Austrian diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations 1972–82; president of Austria 1986–92.
- waldwick — a city in N New Jersey.
- walkyrie — Valkyrie.
- wallfish — a snail, Helix pomatia
- wallonia — a region in S Belgium: chiefly French-speaking. 6504 sq. mi. (16,844 sq. km).
- waltzing — Present participle of waltz.
- wangling — Present participle of wangle.
- wanthill — a molehill
- warbling — to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments: The canary warbled most of the day.
- warfield — David, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.
- warlpiri — an Aboriginal language of central Australia
- warrigal — dingo.
- wasplike — any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- wassails — Plural form of wassail.
- waterily — In a watery manner.
- wattling — An interwoven mesh of twigs; wattle.
- waulking — Present participle of waulk.
- wavelike — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- waxbills — Plural form of waxbill.
- waybills — Plural form of waybill.
- weakling — a person who is physically or morally weak.
- weanling — a child or animal newly weaned.
- weariful — full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
- weigelas — Plural form of weigela.
- wellsian — of or relating to the writings of H.G. Wells