5-letter words containing l, w
- weels — Plural form of weel.
- weely — A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.
- weill — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1900–50, German composer, in the U.S. after 1935.
- welby — Justin (Portal). born 1956, English clergyman; Archbishop of Canterbury from 2013
- welch — welsh.
- welds — Plural form of weld.
- welkt — twisted
- wells — a hole drilled or bored into the earth to obtain water, petroleum, natural gas, brine, or sulfur.
- welly — wellie.
- welsh — to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt: You aren't going to welsh on me, are you?
- welts — a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
- welty — Eudora [yoo-dawr-uh,, -dohr-uh] /yuˈdɔr ə,, -ˈdoʊr ə/ (Show IPA), 1909–2001, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- wetly — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- whale — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- whall — A light colour of the iris in horses; the state of being walleyed.
- wheal — a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives.
- wheel — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- whelk — a pimple or pustule.
- whelm — to submerge; engulf.
- whelp — the young of the dog, or of the wolf, bear, lion, tiger, seal, etc.
- while — a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
- whilk — A kind of mollusk; a whelk.
- whirl — to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry-go-round whirled noisily.
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- wholy — Obsolete form of wholly.
- whorl — a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil.
- whsle — wholesale
- whyle — Obsolete spelling of while.
- wield — to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
- wilan — wireless local area network
- wilco — Expressing compliance or agreement, especially acceptance of instructions received by radio.
- wilde — Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) [fing-guh l oh-fla-her-tee wilz,, oh-flair-tee] /ˈfɪŋ gəl oʊˈflæ hər ti ˈwɪlz,, oʊˈflɛər ti/ (Show IPA), ("Sebastian Melmoth") 1854–1900, Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, essayist, and critic.
- wilds — Plural form of wild.
- wiled — Simple past tense and past participle of wile.
- wiles — a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- wilga — a small drought-resistant tree, Geijera parviflora, of Australia, having hard aromatic wood, white flowers, and foliage that resembles that of the willow
- wilja — a variety of potato with yellowish skin, light yellow flesh and a medium dry texture
- willa — a female given name, form of Wilhelmina.
- wille — Obsolete spelling of will.
- wills — a male given name, form of William.
- willy — willow (def 4).
- wilma — a female given name, form of Wilhelmina.
- wilno — Polish name of Vilnius.
- wilts — to become limp and drooping, as a fading flower; wither.
- wisla — Vistula
- wisly — (rare, dialectal, or, obsolete) certainly; surely.
- woald — weld2 .
- woful — full of woe; wretched; unhappy: a woeful situation.
- wolds — weld2 .
- wolfe — Charles, 1791–1823, Irish poet.