8-letter words containing w, e, l, o
- waterloo — a village in central Belgium, south of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815.
- wayleggo — away here! let go!; a shepherd's call to a dog on completion of a task
- webcomal — COMmon Algorithmic Language
- wedlocks — Plural form of wedlock.
- weeklong — Which lasts for a week, or approximately so.
- weephole — a small drain hole in a wall
- welcomed — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- welcomer — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- welcomes — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- well log — log1 (def 7).
- well off — having sufficient money for comfortable living; well-to-do.
- well-off — having sufficient money for comfortable living; well-to-do.
- wellbore — A wellbore is a hole drilled in the ground in order to look for or extract natural resources such as oil and gas.
- wellborn — born of a good, noble, or highly esteemed family.
- welldoer — a moral person; someone who does good
- wellhole — the shaft of a well.
- werelion — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between lion and human form.
- werewolf — (in folklore and superstition) a human being who has changed into a wolf, or is capable of assuming the form of a wolf, while retaining human intelligence.
- wet look — a shiny finish given to certain clothing and footwear materials, esp plastic and leather
- wheelock — Eleazar, 1711–79, U.S. clergyman and educator: founded Dartmouth College.
- willowed — any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, characterized by narrow, lance-shaped leaves and dense catkins bearing small flowers, many species having tough, pliable twigs or branches used for wickerwork, etc. Compare willow family.
- willower — a person or a thing that willows.
- woefully — affected with, characterized by, or indicating woe: woeful melodies.
- wolf-eel — a large, eellike fish, Anarrhichthys ocellatus, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America.
- wolfbane — See 'wolfsbane'.
- wolflike — any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
- wolseley — Garnet Joseph, 1st Viscount, 1833–1913, British field marshal.
- womblike — Resembling a womb or uterus in shape or function.
- wonderly — (obsolete) Wonderfully, in a wonderful manner.
- wontedly — Usually, customarily, or habitually.
- wontless — unaccustomed
- woodenly — consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.
- woodhole — a storage area for wood
- woodlice — Plural form of woodlouse.
- woodlike — Resembling wood, such as in color or texture.
- woodlore — the knowledge or wisdom of the woods; woodcraft skills
- woodmeal — a type of flour, resembling sawdust, made from the root of the cassava plant
- woodpile — a pile or stack of firewood.
- woolfell — the skin of a wool-bearing animal with the fleece still on it.
- wooliest — Superlative form of wooly.
- woollens — Fabrics or clothing made from wool.
- woollier — Comparative form of woolly.
- woollies — Plural form of woolly.
- woollike — Resembling wool or some aspect of it.
- woolshed — a building in which sheep are sheared and wool is gathered and prepared for market.
- wordless — speechless, silent, or mute.
- wordlore — the study of words and their use; philology
- workable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- workless — Having no work: unemployed.
- wormhole — a hole made by a burrowing or gnawing worm, as in timber, nuts, etc.