7-letter words containing w, l
- knowles — Beyoncé (beɪˈjɒnseɪ). born 1981, US singer, songwriter, and actress. A member of the girl band Destiny's Child, she later found solo success with the singles "Crazy in Love" (2003) and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (2008)
- kolwezi — a city in S Zaire.
- kotwali — a police station.
- kotwals — Plural form of kotwal.
- kowloon — a peninsula in SE China, opposite Hong Kong island: a part of the Hong Kong colony. 3 sq. mi. (7.8 sq. km).
- kwazulu — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa, in Natal: abolished in 1993 and became part of the new province of KwaZulu-Natal in 1994. Capital: Ulundi
- kweilin — Guilin.
- labview — Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench
- lanchow — a city in and the capital of Gansu province, in N China, on the Huang He.
- laneway — (Canada) A narrow roadway; a lane.
- lapwing — a large Old World plover, Vanellus vanellus, having a long, slender, upcurved crest, an erratic, flapping flight, and a shrill cry.
- lapwork — a type of craftwork in which there are parts or edges that overlap each other
- larwood — Harold. 1904–95, English cricketer. An outstanding fast bowler, he played 21 times for England between 1926 and 1933
- lauwine — (poetic, dated) avalanche.
- lawbook — a book consisting or treating of laws, legal issues, or cases that have been adjudicated.
- lawfare — the use of the law by a country against its enemies, esp by challenging the legality of military or foreign policy
- lawfull — Archaic spelling of lawful.
- lawless — contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
- lawlike — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- lawsone — (organic compound) 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, the colouring principle of henna.
- lawsuit — a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law.
- lawyers — Plural form of lawyer.
- lay low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- layaway — layaway plan.
- laydown — a hand held by a declarer that is or can be played with all cards exposed because no action by the opponents can prevent the declarer from taking the number of tricks necessary to make the contract.
- leawood — a town in E Kansas.
- lechwes — Plural form of lechwe.
- leeward — pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the quarter toward which the wind blows (opposed to windward).
- legwear — Hosiery.
- legwork — work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one's office, as in gathering data for a book, a legal action, etc.
- lerwick — a city in and the administrative center of the Shetland Islands, N of Scotland.
- letdown — a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
- lewises — Plural form of lewis.
- lewisia — any of various perennial herbs of the genus Lewisia of the family Portulacaceae, which are native to western North America and which have pink or white flowers
- lichway — a path used to carry a coffin into a church or to burial
- lie low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- liedown — Alternative form of lie-down.
- lifeway — a way of life; a manner of living.
- lobworm — the lugworm.
- lockjaw — tetanus in which the jaws become firmly locked together; trismus.
- logwood — the heavy, brownish-red heartwood of a West Indian and Central American tree, Haematoxylon campechianum, of the legume family, used in dyeing.
- longbow — a large bow drawn by hand, as that used by English archers from the 12th to the 16th centuries.
- low key — of reduced intensity; restrained; understated.
- low-cal — containing fewer calories than usual or standard: a low-cal diet.
- low-cut — Low-cut dresses and blouses do not cover the top part of a woman's chest.
- low-end — relatively cheap or inexpensive of its kind: We don't need an expensive car—a low-end model will do.
- low-fat — of or being a food or style of cooking that contains or uses very little butter, oil, or other fat, usually three grams of fat or less per serving.
- low-key — of reduced intensity; restrained; understated.
- low-res — low-resolution.
- low-tar — (of cigarettes or tobacco) containing less tar than usual or standard.