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14-letter words containing a, l, o, w, i

  • law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
  • law of nations — international law.
  • lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
  • lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
  • lower silurian — Ordovician
  • mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
  • meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
  • midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
  • miracle worker — If you describe someone as a miracle worker, you mean that they have achieved or are able to achieve success in something that other people have found very difficult.
  • new caledonian — of, from, or relating to New Caledonia
  • new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
  • one-liner wars — (games, programming)   A game popular among hackers who code in the language APL (see write-only language and line noise). The objective is to see who can code the most interesting and/or useful routine in one line of operators chosen from APL's exceedingly hairy primitive set. A similar amusement was practiced among TECO hackers and is now popular among Perl aficionados. (2 = 0 +.= T o.| T) / T <- iN where "o" is the APL null character, the assignment arrow is a single character, and "i" represents the APL iota.
  • owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
  • porcelain ware — articles made of porcelain, such as plates and cups
  • potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
  • potential well — a localized region in a field of force in which the potential has a deep minimum
  • 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.
  • railway police — the branch of the police force specializing in maintaining law and order and detecting crime on the railways
  • railway porter — a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc at a railway station
  • railway worker — railroad employee
  • rainbow-collar — being or of an employee who combines work or experience on the assembly line with more technical or administrative duties; having both blue-collar and white-collar duties or experience.
  • residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
  • roger williams — Ben Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  • sandalwood oil — extract of fragrant Asian wood
  • sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
  • sb will go far — If you say that someone will go far, you mean that they will be very successful in their career.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
  • swallow-tailed — having a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow, as various birds.
  • tasmanian wolf — thylacine.
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • to blow a kiss — If you blow someone a kiss or blow a kiss, you touch the palm of your hand lightly with your lips, and then blow across your hand towards the person, in order to show them your affection.
  • 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.
  • tripolitan war — a war (1801–05) that Tripoli declared on the United States because of American refusal to pay tribute for the safe passage of shipping in Barbary Coastal waters.
  • url forwarding — URL redirection
  • vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
  • walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
  • walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
  • wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
  • warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
  • waste disposal — A waste disposal or a waste disposal unit is a small machine in a kitchen sink that chops up vegetable waste.
  • watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • well motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
  • well-appointed — attractively equipped, arranged, or furnished, especially for comfort or convenience: a well-appointed room.
  • well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
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