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14-letter words containing a, r, w, k

  • sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
  • speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
  • take away from — detract
  • unforeknowable — not foreknowable
  • unknown factor — a factor that is not known or understood
  • voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause
  • walk away from — to outdistance easily; defeat handily
  • walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
  • walking papers — notice of dismissal
  • walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
  • 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.
  • welfare worker — sb who does social or community work
  • white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
  • whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
  • wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
  • winning streak — several consecutive wins
  • work placement — temporary job, internship
  • working papers — documents permitting employment
  • wrecker's ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
  • wrecking crane — a crane for lifting and removing wrecked rolling stock.
  • yesterday week — a week yesterday; a week ago from yesterday
  • yom kippur war — a war that began on Yom Kippur in 1973 with the attack of Israel by Egypt, Syria, and Iraq: Israel recovered most of its initial losses.
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