8-letter words containing w, e, i, l
- snowline — limit of permanent snow
- stilwell — Joseph W ("Vinegar Joe") 1883–1946, U.S. general.
- sulawesi — an island in central Indonesia. 72,986 sq. mi. (189,034 sq. km).
- sweetlip — any of various Australian fish with large lips
- swelchie — the tidal race in the Pentland Firth
- swelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.
- swelling — the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
- swellish — stylish; resembling a 'swell'
- swiftlet — any of several swifts of the genus Collocalia, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, certain species of which use saliva to construct nests, which are used in making bird's-nest soup.
- swindled — (of a gem) cut so as to retain the maximum weight of the original stone or to give a false impression of size, especially by having the table too large.
- swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- switchel — a drink of molasses and water, plus ginger or rum; treacle beer
- swiveled — a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
- swizzled — a tall drink, originating in Barbados, composed of full-flavored West Indian rum, lime juice, crushed ice, and sugar: typically served with a swizzle stick.
- swizzler — a drunkard; a cheat
- teleview — to watch television
- the wild — a free natural state of living
- toweling — an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
- tweedily — in a manner characteristic of upper-class people who live in the country
- twiddler — to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
- twigless — having no twigs
- twinleaf — a North American herb, Jeffersonia diphylla, having a single white blossom and leaves divided in two.
- two-line — (formerly) denoting double the normal size of printer's type
- unwieldy — not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly.
- unwifely — not like a wife; not characteristic or appropriate of a wife
- unwilled — not willed; involuntary; unintentional: an unwilled accident.
- unwisely — not wise; foolish; imprudent; lacking in good sense or judgment: an unwise choice; an unwise man.
- viewable — capable of being viewed; visible.
- viewless — giving no view: a viewless window.
- vowelize — to provide (a Hebrew, Arabic, etc., text) with vowel points; vocalize.
- waiflike — Resembling a waif; apparently homeless, starving, etc.
- wailsome — wailful.
- waldheim — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1918–2007, Austrian diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations 1972–82; president of Austria 1986–92.
- walkyrie — Valkyrie.
- warfield — David, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.
- wasplike — any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- waterily — In a watery manner.
- wavelike — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- weakling — a person who is physically or morally weak.
- weanling — a child or animal newly weaned.
- weariful — full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
- wedeling — to engage in wedeln.
- weeklies — Plural form of weekly.
- weevilly — Alternative form of weevily.
- weichsel — a river in Poland, flowing N from the Carpathian Mountains past Warsaw into the Baltic near Danzig. About 650 miles (1050 km) long.
- weigelas — Plural form of weigela.
- welching — welsh.
- weldings — Plural form of welding.
- wellsian — of or relating to the writings of H.G. Wells
- wellsite — the site of a well