9-letter words containing w, a, l
- 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.
- hand-walk — to carry (a memorandum, check, or other document) from one person or office to another so as to assure prompt delivery.
- 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
- handwheel — a wheel, as a valve wheel, turned by hand.
- hawkbills — Plural form of hawkbill.
- hawkishly — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hawksbill — A small tropical sea turtle with hooked jaws and overlapping horny plates on the shell, extensively hunted as the traditional source of tortoiseshell.
- hawsehole — a hole in the stem or bow of a vessel for an anchor cable.
- hazelwood — a town in E Missouri.
- head wall — a cliff or steep slope rising at one end of a glaciated valley.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- hellwards — towards hell
- 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.
- hywel dda — known as Hywel the Good. died 950 ad, Welsh prince. He united S and N Wales and codified Welsh law
- idle away — time, hours: pass lazily
- illawarra — a coastal district of E Australia, in S New South Wales. Pop: 404 626 (2002 est)
- j. wanhal — Johann Baptist, Vanhal, Jan Křtitel.
- jane cowl — Jane, 1884–1950, U.S. actress and playwright.
- jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
- jaywalked — Simple past tense and past participle of jaywalk.
- jaywalker — One who jaywalks; someone who has committed jaywalking.-->.
- kahoolawe — an island in central Hawaii, S of Maui: uninhabited. 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km).
- kilowatts — Plural form of kilowatt.
- kiswahili — Swahili (def 2).
- kwajalein — an atoll in the Marshall Islands, in E Micronesia. About 78 miles (126 km) long.
- lacewings — Plural form of lacewing.
- ladderway — a vertical passageway with ladders.
- lag screw — type of threaded bolt
- lag-screw — to fasten with a lag screw.
- 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.
- land wind — land breeze.
- land with — to give to, so as to put in difficulties; cause to be burdened with
- land-wind — a wind that comes from the land
- 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.
- landwards — Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
- langwidge — Eye dialect of language.
- 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.