8-letter words containing w, e, l
- hallowed — regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions.
- hawkbell — a small bell fitted to a hawk's leg
- hawklike — any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, often seen circling or swooping at low altitudes.
- headwall — a cliff or steep slope rising at one end of a glaciated valley.
- heelwork — the training of a dog to heel or perform maneuvers while heeling.
- hellward — towards hell
- henslowe — Philip, died 1616, English theater manager.
- hole saw — crown saw.
- hollowed — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- hollower — Comparative form of hollow.
- hopewell — a city in E Virginia, on the James River.
- hot well — a tank or reservoir in which hot water is collected before being recirculated, especially condensed steam about to be returned to a boiler.
- idlewild — former name of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
- indwells — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indwell.
- inkwells — Plural form of inkwell.
- jawlines — Plural form of jawline.
- jewelers — Plural form of jeweler.
- jewelery — Misspelling of jewellery (UK).
- jewelled — (chiefly, of a watch) set with jewels.
- jeweller — a person who designs, makes, sells, or repairs jewelry, watches, etc.; a person who deals in jewels.
- joe blow — an average citizen; man in the street.
- jowliest — Superlative form of jowly.
- kalewife — a female vegetable or cabbage seller
- knowable — capable of being known.
- knowledg — Obsolete form of knowledge.
- knowsley — a unitary authority of NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 150 200 (2003 est). Area: 97 sq km (38 sq miles)
- koldewey — Robert [rob-ert;; German roh-bert] /ˈrɒb ərt;; German ˈroʊ bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1925, German archaeologist.
- lacewing — any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper-colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- lacewood — the quartersawed wood of the sycamore tree.
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- lakewood — a city in central Colorado, near Denver.
- landwehr — (in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- lane-way — a lane
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- latewood — Wood formed in a tree relatively late in the season.
- law term — an expression or word used in law
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- lawmaker — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- lawndale — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- lawnlike — Resembling or characteristic of a lawn.
- lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- lawyered — Simple past tense and past participle of lawyer.
- lawyerly — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
- laywomen — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- leafworm — A caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.
- lee wave — the wavelike effect, characterized by severe updrafts and downdrafts, that occurs when rapidly flowing air encounters the steep front of a mountain range.
- leewards — towards the lee side
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.