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8-letter words containing w, f, l

  • she-wolf — a female wolf.
  • snowfall — a fall of snow.
  • 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.
  • twinleaf — a North American herb, Jeffersonia diphylla, having a single white blossom and leaves divided in two.
  • two-fold — a unit of stage scenery consisting of two flats hinged together.
  • unflawed — perfect
  • unfollow — to cease to track a person or a group on a social networking site
  • unlawful — not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
  • unwifely — not like a wife; not characteristic or appropriate of a wife
  • unwilful — willful.
  • upfollow — to come next
  • waffling — to talk foolishly or without purpose; idle away time talking.
  • wagonful — a quantity of objects or people that will fill a wagon
  • waiflike — Resembling a waif; apparently homeless, starving, etc.
  • walk off — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
  • walk-off — a person who escapes easily, especially by walking away from a place of detention; a walkaway: The guards rounded up the walk-offs from the prison farm.
  • wall off — If part of a place is walled off, it is separated from the rest of the place by a wall.
  • wallfish — a snail, Helix pomatia
  • warfieldDavid, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.
  • wasteful — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
  • watchful — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
  • weariful — full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
  • well off — having sufficient money for comfortable living; well-to-do.
  • well-fed — fat; plump.
  • well-off — having sufficient money for comfortable living; well-to-do.
  • wellfare — Obsolete form of welfare.
  • 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.
  • whiffled — Simple past tense and past participle of whiffle.
  • whiffler — an attendant who clears the way for a procession.
  • whistful — Peaceful, tranquil.
  • whitefly — any of several plant-sucking, homopterous insects of the family Aleyrodidae, having the body and wings dusted with a white, powdery wax, and being widely distributed chiefly in tropical regions where they are often serious crop pests, as Dialeurodes citri (citrus whitefly) commonly occurring on citrus trees, and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (greenhouse whitefly) inhabiting greenhouses.
  • wifeless — Having no wife; unmarried or celibate.
  • wifelike — wifely.
  • wild fig — the caprifig.
  • wildfire — a highly flammable composition, as Greek fire, difficult to extinguish when ignited, formerly used in warfare.
  • wildfowl — a game bird, especially a wild duck, goose, or swan.
  • wildlife — undomesticated animals living in the wild, including those hunted for food, sport, or profit.
  • wilf hey — (person)   The person who originally developed Report Program Generator and coined the phrase GIGO (garbage in: garbage out). In 2004, after more than forty years in computing, he was writing for PC Plus magazine in the UK and doing Wilf's programmers workshop amongst other things. He died on 2007-01-01 after a long illness.
  • wilfully — willful.
  • windfall — an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like.
  • windflaw — flaw2 (def 1).
  • winfield — a town in S Kansas.
  • woefully — affected with, characterized by, or indicating woe: woeful melodies.
  • wolf cub — a member of the junior division, for boys from 8 to 11, of the Boy Scouts; cub scout.
  • wolf dog — any dog used in hunting wolves.
  • wolf-eel — a large, eellike fish, Anarrhichthys ocellatus, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America.
  • wolfbane — See 'wolfsbane'.
  • wolffian — Christian von [kris-tee-ahn fuh n] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), Baron. Also, Wolf. 1679–1754, German philosopher and mathematician.
  • wolffish — any large fish of the genus Anarhichas, as A. lupus of the northern Atlantic, allied to the blenny and noted for its ferocious appearance and habits.
  • wolfflin — Eduard [German ey-doo-ahrt] /German ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, Swiss classical scholar.
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