6-letter words containing l, w
- hawala — A system or agency for transferring money traditionally used in the Muslim world, whereby the money is paid to an agent who then instructs a remote associate to pay the final recipient.
- hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- howled — to utter a loud, prolonged, mournful cry, as that of a dog or wolf.
- howler — a person, animal, or thing that howls.
- howlet — an owl or owlet.
- in-law — a relative by marriage.
- inflow — something that flows in; influx.
- inlaws — Plural form of inlaw.
- inwale — (in an open boat) a horizontal timber binding together the frames along the top strake.
- inwall — to enclose with a wall.
- jewels — a female given name.
- jowled — a jaw, especially the lower jaw.
- jowler — A dog with large jowls, such as the beagle.
- knawel — any of several plants belonging to the genus Scleranthus, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, especially S. annuus, a common, low-growing weed that forms dense mats.
- kotwal — an Indian police officer.
- l wave — an earthquake wave that travels around the earth's surface and is usually the third conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- lawers — Plural form of lawer.
- lawful — allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law: a lawful enterprise.
- lawing — 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.
- lawman — an officer of the law, as a sheriff or police officer.
- lawmen — Plural form of lawman.
- lawned — Provided with a lawn.
- lawson — of or relating to a style of overstuffed sofa or chair that is boxy in shape, with square back and seat cushions and broad, square or rounded arms that are lower in height than the back: a Lawson sofa.
- lawton — a city in SW Oklahoma.
- lawyer — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
- leasow — to graze or pasture
- lebowa — a former Bantu homeland in NE South Africa, consisting of three separate territories with several smaller exclaves: abolished in 1993
- lechwe — an African antelope, Kobus leche, related to the waterbuck, inhabiting wet, grassy plains: a threatened species.
- leeway — extra time, space, materials, or the like, within which to operate; margin: With ten minutes' leeway we can catch the train.
- lewdly — inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
- logway — gangway (def 7).
- lowboy — a low chest of drawers on short legs, resembling the lower part of a highboy.
- lowell — Abbott Lawrence [ab-uh t] /ˈæb ət/ (Show IPA), 1856–1943, political scientist and educator: president of Harvard University 1909–33.
- lowers — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- lowery — dark and gloomy; threatening: a lowery sky.
- lowest — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- lowing — to burn; blaze.
- lowish — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- lowkey — Alternative form of low key.
- luchow — Luzhou.
- ludlow — a town in S Salop, in W England: agricultural market center.
- ludwig — German name of Louis II.
- luwian — an extinct ancient Anatolian language written in cuneiform.
- malawi — Formerly Nyasaland. a republic in SE Africa, on the W and S shores of Lake Malawi: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence July 6, 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 49,177 sq. mi. (127,368 sq. km). Capital: Lilongwe.
- mallow — any of various plants of the genus Malva, including several popular garden plants, as the musk mallow.
- mawlid — a Muslim holiday celebrating the birth of Muhammad, occurring on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiʿ al-awwal, and characterized especially by the recitation of panegyrical poems honoring Muhammad.
- mellow — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- mewled — to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
- mildew — Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
- mowlam — Mo, full name Marjorie Mowlam. 1949–2005, British Labour politician; secretary of state for Northern Ireland (1997–99) and minister for the cabinet office (1999–2001)