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14-letter words containing a, c, t, w

  • dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
  • east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
  • escrow account — account held on sb else's behalf
  • factory worker — manufacturing labourer
  • forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
  • hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
  • hattie caraway — Hattie Ophelia Wyatt, 1878–1950, U.S. politician: first elected woman senator, from Arkansas, 1932.
  • heartwrenching — Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
  • identical twin — one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.
  • just/you watch — You say to someone 'you watch' or 'just watch' when you are predicting that something will happen, and you are very confident that it will happen as you say.
  • keep pace with — to proceed at the same speed as
  • lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
  • macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
  • mackinaw trout — lake trout.
  • master aircrew — a warrant rank in the Royal Air Force, equal to but before a warrant officer
  • meteoric water — ground water that has recently originated from the atmosphere
  • new carrollton — a city in S central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
  • night watchman — watchman.
  • nuclear winter — the general devastation of life, along with worldwide darkness and extreme cold, that some scientists believe would result from a global dust cloud screening out sunlight following large-scale nuclear detonations.
  • one-way ticket — transport: single-journey fare
  • packet writing — (storage)   A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
  • powder compact — make-up: small case of foundation
  • prawn cocktail — A prawn cocktail is a dish that consists of prawns, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal.
  • rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
  • reactive power — Reactive power is the part of complex power that corresponds to storage and retrieval of energy rather than consumption.
  • rent allowance — money given to individuals by the government that subsidises the cost of renting a property
  • richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • sackville-west — Dame Victoria Mary ("Vita") 1892–1962, English poet and novelist (wife of Harold Nicolson).
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
  • serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
  • throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
  • to wax lyrical — If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
  • traffic warden — officer who monitors parking, etc.
  • trench warfare — combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
  • tuckaway table — a table having a support folding into one plane and a tilting or drop-leaf top.
  • two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
  • unknown factor — a factor that is not known or understood
  • unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
  • wage incentive — additional wage payments intended to stimulate improved work performance
  • wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
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