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Definition owl

Etymology

From Middle English oule, owle, from Old English ?le, from Proto-Germanic *uwwal? (compare West Frisian �le, Dutch uil, Danish and Norwegian ugle, German Eule), diminutive of *uww? (�eagle-owl�) (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *?faz, *?f? (compare Old English ?f or h?f, Swedish uv (�horned owl�), Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up- (compare Latvian ?pis (�eagle-owl�), Czech �p?t (�to wail, howl�), Avestan ????????‎ (ufiieimi, �to call out�) ��).. A Germanic variant *uwwil? was the source of Old High German ?wila (German Eule).

Noun

owl (plural owls)

  1. Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]
  2. (by extension) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active. [from 14th c.]
  3. The owl pigeon. [from 18th c.]
  4. (politics, uncommon) A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.
  5. Any of various nymphalid butterflies having large eyespots on the wings.

Verb

owl (third-person singular simple present owls, present participle owling, simple past and past participle owled)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To smuggle contraband goods.

Results 384 Words with the letters OWL

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7 letter words with the letters OWL 
6 letter words with the letters OWL 
ALLOWS 11
AVOWAL 14
BARLOW 13
BEHOWL 15
BELLOW 14
BELOWS 13
BILLOW 14
BLOWBY 18
BLOWED 14
BLOWER 13
BLOWSY 15
BLOWUP 17
BLOWZY 24
BOWELS 13
BOWLED 14
BOWLEG 15
BOWLER 13
CALLOW 14
CLOWNS 14
COWLED 14
DEWOOL 11
DOWELS 11
ELBOWS 13
FALLOW 14
FELLOW 14
FLOWED 14
FLOWER 13
FOLLOW 14
FOWLED 14
FOWLER 13
GLOWED 13
GLOWER 12
GROWLS 12
GROWLY 14
HALLOW 13
HOLLOW 13
HOWLED 13
HOWLER 12
HOWLET 12
INFLOW 14
JOWLED 20
LOGWAY 14
LOWBOY 15
LOWERS 10
LOWERY 12
LOWEST 10
LOWING 13
LOWISH 12
MALLOW 14
MELLOW 14
OILWAY 12
OUTLAW 11
OWLETS 10
OWLISH 12
PILLOW 14
PLOWED 14
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PROWLS 13
REFLOW 13
REGLOW 12
ROWELS 10
SALLOW 11
SAWLOG 12
SCOWLS 13
SLOWED 11
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SLOWLY 13
TALLOW 11
TOWELS 10
TROWEL 10
UPFLOW 17
VOWELS 14
WADMOL 14
WALLOP 14
WALLOW 14
WELDOR 11
WHILOM 15
WHOLES 12
WHOLLY 15
WHORLS 12
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WITTOL 10
WOALDS 11
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WOBBLY 18
WOEFUL 14
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WOLFER 13
WOLVER 14
WOLVES 14
WOOLED 11
WOOLEN 11
WOOLER 10
WOOLIE 10
WOOLLY 13
WORLDS 11
WORMIL 13
YELLOW 13
YOWLED 13
YOWLER 12
5 letter words with the letters OWL 
AGLOW 11
ALLOW 10
BELOW 12
BLOWN 13
BLOWS 12
BLOWY 14
BOWEL 12
BOWLS 12
CLOWN 13
COWLS 12
DOWEL 10
ELBOW 12
FLOWN 13
FLOWS 12
FOWLS 12
GLOWS 11
GROWL 11
HOWLS 11
JOWLS 18
JOWLY 20
LOWED 10
LOWLY 12
PLOWS 12
PROWL 12
SCOWL 12
VOWEL 13
WHOLE 11
WHORL 11
WILCO 12
WOALD 10
WOFUL 13
WOLDS 10
WOLFS 12
WOOLY 11
WORLD 10
WOULD 11
YOWLS 11
4 letter words with the letters OWL 
ALOW 8
AWOL 8
BLOW 11
BOWL 11
COWL 11
FLOW 11
FOWL 11
GLOW 10
HOWL 10
JOWL 17
LOWE 8
LOWN 9
LOWS 8
OWLS 8
PLOW 11
SLOW 8
WOLD 9
WOLF 11
WOOL 8
YOWL 10
3 letter words with the letters OWL 
LOW 7
OWL 7
2 letter words with the letters OWL 
LO 3
OW 5
WO 5

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