8-letter words containing w, a, l
- outlawed — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- outlawry — the act or process of outlawing.
- own goal — In sport, if someone scores an own goal, they accidentally score a goal for the team they are playing against.
- palewise — by perpendicular lines
- pass law — (formerly, in South Africa) a law restricting the movement of Black Africans, esp from rural to urban areas
- pawnable — able to be pawned
- playdown — a play-off.
- playwear — playclothes.
- plowback — a reinvestment of earnings or profits in a business enterprise.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- poor law — a law or system of laws providing for the relief or support of the poor at public expense.
- qawwalis — Plural form of qawwali.
- racewalk — to race by walking fast rather than running
- ragwheel — a chain or sprocket wheel
- raw deal — unjust treatment
- raw milk — unpasteurized milk
- raw silk — reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed.
- rawlbolt — a proprietary anchor bolt for fixing into masonry etc
- rawlings — Marjorie Kinnan [ki-nan] /kɪˈnæn/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, U.S. novelist and journalist.
- rawlplug — a short fibre or plastic tube used to provide a fixing in a wall for a screw
- read law — to study to become a lawyer
- reviewal — the act of reviewing.
- rollaway — designed to be rolled out of the way or out of sight when not in use: rollaway bed.
- ropewalk — a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.
- rosewall — Ken(neth R.) born 1934, Australian tennis player.
- royal we — we (def 5).
- saltwork — place where salt is refined
- saltwort — any of various plants of sea beaches, salt marshes, and alkaline regions, especially belonging to the genus Salsola, of the amaranth family, as S. kali, a bushy plant having prickly leaves, or belonging to the genus Salicornia.
- sandwell — a unitary authority in central England, in West Midlands. Pop: 285 000 (2003 est). Area: 86 sq km (33 sq miles)
- sawblade — the blade of a saw
- scalawag — a scamp; rascal.
- schawlow — Arthur Leonard, 1921–99, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1981.
- scofflaw — a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed.
- scrawled — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- scrawler — a person who scrawls.
- sea wall — a strong wall or embankment to prevent the encroachments of the sea, serve as a breakwater, etc.
- sea wolf — any of several large, voracious, marine fishes, as the wolffish or sea bass.
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.
- shadwell — Thomas, 1642?–92, English dramatist: poet laureate 1688–92.
- shallows — The shallows are the shallow part of an area of water.
- showable — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- 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.
- skewbald — (especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.
- skil saw — a portable electric saw
- slideway — an inclined surface along which something can slide.
- slipware — pottery decorated with slip.
- slowback — a laggard, idler or lazy person
- snowball — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- snowfall — a fall of snow.