8-letter words containing w, a, l, o
- towplane — an aeroplane that tows gliders
- ultralow — extremely low
- unhallow — to desecrate; profane.
- wagonful — a quantity of objects or people that will fill a wagon
- wailsome — wailful.
- waldhorn — an organ reed stop
- walk off — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk out — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-off — a person who escapes easily, especially by walking away from a place of detention; a walkaway: The guards rounded up the walk-offs from the prison farm.
- walk-out — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walkdown — a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps: It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.
- walkouts — Plural form of walkout.
- walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- wall box — an enclosed iron or steel socket built into a masonry wall to support the end of a wooden beam.
- wall off — If part of a place is walled off, it is separated from the rest of the place by a wall.
- wallaroo — any of several large kangaroos of the genus Macropus (Osphranter), of the grassy plains of Australia, especially M. robustus, having a reddish-gray coat and inhabiting rocky hills.
- wallonia — a region in S Belgium: chiefly French-speaking. 6504 sq. mi. (16,844 sq. km).
- walloped — to beat soundly; thrash.
- walloper — to beat soundly; thrash.
- wallowed — Simple past tense and past participle of wallow.
- wallower — a person or thing that wallows.
- wallwort — a caprifoliaceous plant, Sambucus Ebulus, often used formerly for medicinal purposes
- wantonly — done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- warlocks — Plural form of warlock.
- warlords — Plural form of warlord.
- washbowl — a large bowl or basin used for washing one's hands and face, small articles of clothing, etc.
- wastelot — a vacant lot, especially one overgrown with weeds or covered with rubbish.
- waterlog — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- waterloo — a village in central Belgium, south of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815.
- way-cool — outstanding; excellent; marvellous
- wayleggo — away here! let go!; a shepherd's call to a dog on completion of a task
- webcomal — COMmon Algorithmic Language
- wild oat — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
- wolfbane — See 'wolfsbane'.
- wolffian — Christian von [kris-tee-ahn fuh n] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), Baron. Also, Wolf. 1679–1754, German philosopher and mathematician.
- wolfgang — a male given name.
- wolfpack — A family or other group of wild wolves.
- woodland — a city in N central California.
- woodlark — a small, European songbird, Lullula arborea, noted for its song in flight.
- woodmeal — a type of flour, resembling sawdust, made from the root of the cassava plant
- wool fat — lanolin.
- woolpack — a coarse fabric, usually of jute, in which raw wool is packed for transport.
- woolsack — a sack or bag of wool.
- woolward — with the woollen side touching the skin
- wordplay — clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
- workable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- workably — In an workable fashion.
- workload — the amount of work that a machine, employee, or group of employees can be or is expected to perform.