8-letter words containing w, o, r, l
- goalward — relating to a move towards a goal
- goldwork — work produced by a goldsmith.
- grey owl — Grey Owl, original name Archibald Belaney (1888–1938). Canadian writer and conservationist, born in England; adopted Native American identity
- griswold — Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
- gromwell — any of various often hairy plants of the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family, usually bearing white or yellowish flowers and smooth, white, stony nutlets.
- growable — able to be cultivated or grown
- growlers — Plural form of growler.
- growlery — a place to retreat to, alone, when ill-humoured
- growling — Producing a growl.
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- heelwork — the training of a dog to heel or perform maneuvers while heeling.
- hollower — Comparative form of hollow.
- holy war — a war waged for what is supposed or proclaimed to be a holy purpose, as the defense of faith.
- in-world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- lampwork — (glassblowing) A method for working with blown glass that does not require a furnace.
- lathwork — work made of laths
- lawcourt — a court of law
- 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.
- leg work — 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.
- leg-work — 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.
- lifework — the complete or principal work, labor, or task of a lifetime.
- lindworm — a wingless, two-legged dragon
- linework — (arts) The technique of drawing lines.
- linkwork — something composed of links, as a chain.
- loanword — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- lobworms — Plural form of lobworm.
- longword — (computing) A type of unsigned integer variable that is longer than a word (specific number of bits depends upon architecture).
- low gear — the arrangement of gears providing little speed but great torque
- low rent — Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.
- low road — a method, manner, etc., that is underhand, unscrupulous, or otherwise contemptible.
- low-carb — containing few or fewer carbohydrates: a low-carb diet.
- low-rate — to place a low value on: a policy of low-rating most modern artists.
- low-rent — Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.
- low-rise — having a comparatively small number of floors, as a motel or townhouse, and usually no elevator.
- low-risk — A low-risk customer, risk, occupation, or property is not very likely to be exposed to a danger.
- lowbrows — Plural form of lowbrow.
- lowering — comparative of low1 .
- lowrider — an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
- lugworms — Plural form of lugworm.
- lungworm — any nematode worm of the superfamily Metastrongylidae, parasitic in the lungs of various mammals.
- lungwort — a European plant, Pulmonaria officinalis, of the borage family, having blue flowers.
- lustwort — The sundew.
- maltworm — a heavy drinker
- mealworm — the larva of any of several darkling beetles of the genus Tenebrio, which infests granaries and is used as food for birds and animals.
- mellower — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- milkwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Polygala, formerly supposed to increase the secretion of milk.
- millwork — ready-made carpentry work from a mill.