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14-letter words containing a, l, i, e, n, t

  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
  • white elephant — a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of: Our Victorian bric-a-brac and furniture were white elephants.
  • white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
  • willow pattern — a decorative design in English ceramics, depicting chiefly a willow tree, small bridge, and two birds, derived from Chinese sources and introduced in approximately 1780: often executed in blue and white but sometimes in red and white.
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • wollaston wire — extremely fine wire formed by a process (Wollaston process) in which the metal, drawn as an ordinary wire, is encased in another metal and the two drawn together, after which the outer metal is stripped off or dissolved.
  • yearly meeting — any of several associations of local Quaker congregations.
  • yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
  • yellow gentian — a plant, Gentiana lutea, of Europe and Asia Minor, having yellow flowers, the rootstock yielding a bitter tonic.
  • yellowfin tuna — an important food fish, Thunnus albacares, inhabiting warm seas.
  • yttrotantalite — a mineral, tantalite and niobate of yttrium and various elements, as iron, and cerium, occurring in the form of brown-black crystals.
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