8-letter words containing w, a, l
- laywoman — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- laywomen — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- leafworm — A caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.
- lee wave — the wavelike effect, characterized by severe updrafts and downdrafts, that occurs when rapidly flowing air encounters the steep front of a mountain range.
- leewards — towards the lee side
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- lewisham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- lindwall — Ray(mond Russell). 1921–96, Australian cricketer. A fast bowler, he played for Australia 61 times between 1946 and 1958
- liveware — /li:v'weir/ 1. A less common synonym for wetware 2. (Cambridge) Vermin. "Waiter, there's some liveware in my salad."
- loanword — 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.
- lock-jaw — tetanus in which the jaws become firmly locked together; trismus.
- lockaway — an investment intended to be held for a relatively long time
- longwall — noting or pertaining to a means of extracting coal or other minerals in an underground mine from a continuous face, the roof before the face being supported at intervals by temporary or movable artificial supports. Compare room-and-pillar.
- longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
- longways — longwise.
- low beam — an automobile headlight beam providing short-range illumination of a road and intended chiefly for use in driving on the streets of cities, towns, etc.
- low gear — the arrangement of gears providing little speed but great torque
- low mass — a Mass that is said, and not sung, by the celebrant, who is assisted by one server, and which has less ceremonial form than a High Mass, using no music or choir.
- low road — a method, manner, etc., that is underhand, unscrupulous, or otherwise contemptible.
- low-ball — Cards. a game of draw poker in which the player having the lowest-ranking hand wins the pot.
- low-carb — containing few or fewer carbohydrates: a low-carb diet.
- low-paid — job: poorly remunerated
- low-rate — to place a low value on: a policy of low-rating most modern artists.
- lowlands — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- malawian — Formerly Nyasaland. a republic in SE Africa, on the W and S shores of Lake Malawi: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence July 6, 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 49,177 sq. mi. (127,368 sq. km). Capital: Lilongwe.
- male cow — a bull.
- maltworm — a heavy drinker
- maxwells — Plural form of maxwell.
- mealworm — the larva of any of several darkling beetles of the genus Tenebrio, which infests granaries and is used as food for birds and animals.
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- moonwalk — an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon.
- mulloway — a large Australian saltwater fish, Sciaena antarctica. regarded as a culinary delicacy.
- narrowly — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- narwhals — Plural form of narwhal.
- new deal — the principles of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, especially those advocated under the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for economic recovery and social reforms.
- new talk — ntalk
- newlands — John Alexander. 1838–98, British chemist: classified the elements in order of their atomic weight, noticing similarities in every eighth and thus discovering his law of octaves
- newslady — A newswoman.
- oak lawn — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- oak wilt — a disease of oaks, characterized by wilting and discoloration of the leaves and defoliation, usually starting at and spreading from the top of the tree and the ends of the branches, caused by a fungus, Chalara quercina.
- obwalden — one of the two divisions of the canton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 189 sq. mi. (490 sq. km). Capital: Sarnen.
- oldsquaw — A marine diving duck that breeds in Arctic Eurasia and North America, the male having very long tail feathers and mainly white plumage in winter.
- onwardly — moving forward; advancing
- oral law — the traditional body of religious law believed to have been revealed to Moses as an interpretation of the Torah and passed on orally until it was codified and recorded, principally in the Mishna and Gemara
- outbrawl — to defeat in a brawl
- outcrawl — to crawl further than or faster than