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9-letter words containing w, a, r, l

  • lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.
  • lawmakers — Plural form of lawmaker.
  • lawmonger — an inferior lawyer
  • lawnmower — a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
  • lawyering — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
  • leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
  • leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
  • leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
  • leewardly — (of a ship) tending to fall to leeward
  • leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
  • legwarmer — a footless, stockinglike knitted covering for the leg, usually worn over tights, trousers, boots, etc., for warmth, as in a dance class or while exercising, or as a fashion accessory.
  • limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
  • 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.
  • 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 water — water at its lowest level, as in a river.
  • low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
  • lower jaw — the mandible or lower part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth. In higher vertebrates the lower jaw is fused to the cranium and the upper jaw
  • lowercase — (of an alphabetical letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper name, of the first word in a sentence, etc. Examples: a, b, q, r.
  • lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
  • malware's — 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.
  • mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
  • mealworms — Plural form of mealworm.
  • meltwater — water from melted snow or ice.
  • metalware — work of metal, especially utensils, flatware, etc.
  • metalwork — objects made of metal.
  • mold-warp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
  • nanoworld — The sphere of influence of nanotechnology.
  • navelwort — a European plant, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, round leaves and yellowish-green flowers.
  • nonlawyer — a person who is not a lawyer
  • orwellian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
  • outwardly — as regards appearance or outward manifestation: outwardly charming; outwardly considerate.
  • pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
  • perp walk — an arranged public appearance of a recently arrested criminal for the benefit of the media
  • plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
  • plateware — household dishes, especially ones made of or plated with gold or silver.
  • plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
  • polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
  • poor laws — laws that provide for public relief and assistance for the poor
  • powerplay — behaviour intended to maximise person's power
  • prowl car — squad car.
  • pub crawl — visit to a series of bars
  • pub-crawl — to have drinks at one bar after another.
  • race-walk — to participate in race walking.
  • railwoman — a female worker on a railway
  • rauwolfia — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rauwolfia, as R. serpentina, of India.
  • rawlinson — George, 1812–1902, English historian.
  • renewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
  • renewably — in a renewable fashion, in such a way as to be renewable
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