14-letter words containing a, l, w, o
- 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.
- propeller wash — the backwash from a propeller.
- quarter hollow — a deep cove or cavetto.
- 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.
- red sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- rent allowance — money given to individuals by the government that subsidises the cost of renting a property
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
- road allowance — land reserved by the government to be used for public roads
- 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.
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
- shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
- showplace home — a historic house
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
- 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.
- speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- steal the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
- surajah dowlah — Siraj-ud-daula.
- swallow-tailed — having a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow, as various birds.
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- swollen-headed — conceited
- tasmanian wolf — thylacine.
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- the real world — if you talk about the real world, you are referring to the world and life in general, in contrast to a particular person's own life, experience, and ideas, which may seem untypical and unrealistic
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
- throw a wobbly — to become suddenly very agitated or angry
- 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 sweat blood — If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it.
- 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.
- tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
- 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.
- unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable
- url forwarding — URL redirection
- vegetable wool — the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
- voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause