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14-letter words containing a, n, d, w

  • standing water — still water that has stagnated
  • stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
  • strong forward — power forward
  • suwannee sound — a part of the Gulf of Mexico where the Suwannee river reaches the sea
  • sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
  • sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • swollen-headed — conceited
  • the waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
  • to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
  • to windward of — advantageously situated with respect to
  • traffic warden — officer who monitors parking, etc.
  • transom window — a window divided by a transom.
  • tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.
  • unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • url forwarding — URL redirection
  • van der weyden — Rogier (roːˈxiːr). ?1400–64, Flemish painter, esp of religious works and portraits
  • waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
  • walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
  • war department — the department of the federal government that, from 1789 until 1947, was responsible for defense and the military establishment: in 1947 it became the Department of the Army, which became part of the Department of Defense when it was established in 1949.
  • ward cunnigham — (person)   The creator of the first wiki.
  • wardrobe trunk — a large, upright trunk, usually with space on one side for hanging clothes and drawers or compartments on the other for small articles, shoes, etc.
  • warning device — alarm or danger signal
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • watch and ward — a continuous watch or vigil, by or as by night and by day, especially for the purpose of guarding.
  • water divining — the location of water with a divining rod
  • watling island — San Salvador (def 1).
  • ways and means — methods
  • weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
  • welfare island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
  • well and truly — If you say that something is well and truly finished, gone, or done, you are emphasizing that it is completely finished or gone, or thoroughly done.
  • well-appointed — attractively equipped, arranged, or furnished, especially for comfort or convenience: a well-appointed room.
  • well-concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
  • well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
  • well-organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
  • western saddle — a heavy saddle having a deep seat, high cantle and pommel, pommel horn, wide leather flaps for protecting the rider's legs, and little padding.
  • wheel and axle — a simple machine consisting, in its typical form, of a cylindrical drum to which a wheel concentric with the drum is firmly fastened: ropes are so applied that as one unwinds from the wheel, another rope is wound on to the drum.
  • wheel and deal — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
  • wide-spreading — spreading over or covering a large area: wide-spreading showers; wide-spreading ivy.
  • wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.
  • win hands down — be outright winner
  • wind generator — an electric generator situated on a tower and driven by the force of wind on blades or a rotor.
  • wind indicator — a large weather vane used at airports to indicate wind direction.
  • windmill grass — finger grass.
  • window cleaner — someone that cleans windows for a living
  • window display — an arrangement of items in a shop window
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • wing commander — British. an officer in the Royal Air Force equivalent in rank to a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
  • winning hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • wood engraving — the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on the end grain of wood, for printing.
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