9-letter words containing w, a, l, o
- gang plow — a combination of two or more plows in one frame.
- 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.
- glow lamp — a vacuum tube containing a gas that is ionized by the electrons, giving a visible glow.
- 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.
- 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.
- halesowen — a town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 273 (2001)
- halloween — the evening of October 31; the eve of All Saints' Day; Allhallows Eve: observed especially by children in costumes who solicit treats, often by threatening minor pranks.
- hallowing — to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
- hallowmas — the feast of Allhallows or All Saints' Day, on November 1.
- handblown — (of glassware) shaped by means of a handheld blowpipe: handblown crystal.
- handtowel — a small piece of thick soft cloth used to dry the hands
- hawsehole — a hole in the stem or bow of a vessel for an anchor cable.
- hazelwood — a town in E Missouri.
- hogwaller — Alternative spelling of hog waller.
- hold sway — have influence
- holloware — silver dishes, as serving dishes, having some depth (distinguished from flatware).
- holy wars — [Usenet, but may predate it] flame wars over religious issues. The paper by Danny Cohen that popularised the terms big-endian and little-endian was entitled "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace". Other perennial Holy Wars have included Emacs vs. vi, my personal computer vs. everyone else's personal computer, ITS vs. Unix, Unix vs. VMS, BSD Unix vs. USG Unix, C vs. Pascal, C vs. Fortran, etc., ad nauseam. The characteristic that distinguishes holy wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy wars most of the participants spend their time trying to pass off personal value choices and cultural attachments as objective technical evaluations. See also theology.
- jane cowl — Jane, 1884–1950, U.S. actress and playwright.
- kahoolawe — an island in central Hawaii, S of Maui: uninhabited. 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km).
- kilowatts — Plural form of kilowatt.
- lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
- lambswool — Fine wool from a young sheep, used to make knitted garments, blankets, etc., with a soft texture.
- lancewood — the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc.
- landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
- landowska — Wanda [won-duh;; Polish vahn-dah] /ˈwɒn də;; Polish ˈvɑn dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.
- lansdowne — Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice [pet-ee-fits-mawr-is,, -mor-] /ˈpɛt i fɪtsˈmɔr ɪs,, -ˈmɒr-/ (Show IPA), 5th Marquis of, 1845–1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888–94, foreign secretary 1900–05.
- laserwort — the name given to several umbelliferous woodland plants of the genus Laserpitium, such as Laserpitium latifolium, whose roots are used as a flavouring
- last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
- late wood — summerwood.
- lava flow — liquid or solidified lava which has erupted from a volcano onto the Earth's surface
- law court — court of law.
- law lords — (in Britain) members of the House of Lords who sit as the highest court of appeal, although in theory the full House of Lords has this role
- lawmonger — an inferior lawyer
- lawnmower — a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- lemon law — a law that requires manufacturers to replace, repair, or refund the cost of automobiles that prove to be defective.
- load down — If you load someone down with things, especially heavy things, you give them a large number of them or put a large number of them on them.
- loan word — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
- lock away — put in prison
- long wave — Electricity. an electromagnetic wave over 60 meters in length.
- low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
- low brass — an alloy of about 80 percent copper and 20 percent zinc, with traces of lead and iron.
- low latin — any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin.