7-letter words containing w, a, l
- kotwali — a police station.
- kotwals — Plural form of kotwal.
- kwazulu — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa, in Natal: abolished in 1993 and became part of the new province of KwaZulu-Natal in 1994. Capital: Ulundi
- labview — Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench
- lanchow — a city in and the capital of Gansu province, in N China, on the Huang He.
- laneway — (Canada) A narrow roadway; a lane.
- lapwing — a large Old World plover, Vanellus vanellus, having a long, slender, upcurved crest, an erratic, flapping flight, and a shrill cry.
- lapwork — a type of craftwork in which there are parts or edges that overlap each other
- larwood — Harold. 1904–95, English cricketer. An outstanding fast bowler, he played 21 times for England between 1926 and 1933
- lauwine — (poetic, dated) avalanche.
- lawbook — a book consisting or treating of laws, legal issues, or cases that have been adjudicated.
- lawfare — the use of the law by a country against its enemies, esp by challenging the legality of military or foreign policy
- lawfull — Archaic spelling of lawful.
- lawless — contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
- lawlike — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- lawsone — (organic compound) 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, the colouring principle of henna.
- lawsuit — a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law.
- lawyers — Plural form of lawyer.
- lay low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- layaway — layaway plan.
- laydown — a hand held by a declarer that is or can be played with all cards exposed because no action by the opponents can prevent the declarer from taking the number of tricks necessary to make the contract.
- leawood — a town in E Kansas.
- leeward — pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the quarter toward which the wind blows (opposed to windward).
- legwear — Hosiery.
- lewisia — any of various perennial herbs of the genus Lewisia of the family Portulacaceae, which are native to western North America and which have pink or white flowers
- lichway — a path used to carry a coffin into a church or to burial
- lifeway — a way of life; a manner of living.
- lockjaw — tetanus in which the jaws become firmly locked together; trismus.
- low-cal — containing fewer calories than usual or standard: a low-cal diet.
- low-fat — of or being a food or style of cooking that contains or uses very little butter, oil, or other fat, usually three grams of fat or less per serving.
- low-tar — (of cigarettes or tobacco) containing less tar than usual or standard.
- lowball — Cards. a game of draw poker in which the player having the lowest-ranking hand wins the pot.
- lowland — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- luangwa — a river in E Zambia, flowing SSW to the Zambezi River. 500 miles (805 km) long: forms part of boundary with Mozambique.
- mallows — Plural form of mallow.
- malware — software intended to damage a computer, mobile device, computer system, or computer network, or to take partial control over its operation: tips on finding and removing viruses, spyware, and other malware.
- marlowe — Christopher, 1564–93, English dramatist and poet.
- maxwell — Elsa, 1883–1963, U.S. professional hostess and author.
- mwalimu — a teacher
- narwals — Plural form of narwal.
- narwhal — a small arctic whale, Monodon monoceros, the male of which has a long, spirally twisted tusk extending forward from the upper jaw.
- new lad — a cultural stereotype, which is basically a throwback to a supposedly more masculine or macho image of masculinity in reaction against the supposedly feminized 'New Man' of the 1990s
- norwalk — a city in SW California.
- oldowan — of or designating a Lower and Middle Pleistocene industrial complex of eastern Africa, characterized by assemblages of stone tools about two million years old that are the oldest well-documented artifacts yet known.
- ostwald — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1853–1932, German chemist: Nobel prize 1909.
- outbawl — to bawl more than or louder than
- outlaws — Plural form of outlaw.
- outwalk — to outdo in walking; walk faster or farther than.
- ownable — able to be owned
- palawan — an island in the W Philippines. 5697 sq. mi. (14,755 sq. km).