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14-letter words containing a, t, w, e

  • vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
  • wage incentive — additional wage payments intended to stimulate improved work performance
  • wage restraint — an agreement not to demand or pay large wage increases
  • wait in a line — When people wait in a line, they stand in a line waiting for something.
  • 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.
  • walk the plank — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
  • walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
  • walking ticket — walking papers.
  • wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • 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.
  • wardour street — a street in Soho where many film companies have their London offices: formerly noted for shops selling antiques and mock antiques
  • 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.
  • warm the bench — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
  • warning notice — official notification of a danger or threat
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • waste disposal — A waste disposal or a waste disposal unit is a small machine in a kitchen sink that chops up vegetable waste.
  • waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
  • waste of space — If you describe someone or something as a waste of space, you are indicating that you have a very low opinion of them.
  • waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
  • watcom vx*rexx — (programming, tool)   A visual development environment for creating OS/2 applications with graphical user interfaces. It includes a project management facility, visual designer and an interactive source level debugger. Version 2.1 introduced the VX*REXX Client/Server Edition for client/server GUI application development on OS/2 by incorporating database objects. Using IBM's DRDA support on OS/2, users can access DB2 for MVS, DB2/400 for AS/400, and DB2/VSE and VM (SQL/DS) for VM and VSE. Also supported are Watcom SQL and ODBC-enabled databases. Since the VX*REXX visual development environment is based on IBM's object-oriented SOM technology, VX*REXX applications are open and extensible through the addition of new SOM objects.
  • water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
  • water crowfoot — an aquatic buttercup; Ranunculus aquatilis
  • water divining — the location of water with a divining rod
  • water dropwort — any of several umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Oenanthe, with umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
  • water fountain — a drinking fountain, water cooler, or other apparatus supplying drinking water.
  • water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
  • water measurer — a slender heteropterous bug, Hydrometra stagnorum, that has a greatly elongated head and is found on still or sluggish water where it preys on water fleas, mosquito larvae, etc
  • water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
  • water plantain — any of several marsh plants of the genus Alisma, esp A. plantago-aquatica, of N temperate regions and Australia, having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed leaves: family Alismataceae
  • water purifier — a device that purifies water
  • water purslane — a creeping, Eurasian annual plant, Lythrum portula, of marshes and wetlands, having small flowers and rounded leaves.
  • water sapphire — a transparent variety of cordierite, found in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and elsewhere, sometimes used as a gem.
  • water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
  • water softener — any of a group of substances that when added to water containing calcium and magnesium ions cause the ions to precipitate or change their usual properties: used in the purification of water for the laboratory, and for giving water more efficient sudsing ability with soap.
  • water starwort — any of several aquatic plants of the genus Callitriche, having a star-shaped rosette of floating leaves: family Callitrichaceae
  • watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
  • watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
  • waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.
  • watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
  • waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
  • wayfaring tree — a Eurasian shrub, Viburnum lantana, of the honeysuckle family, having finely toothed, ovate leaves and branching clusters of white flowers, growing along roadsides and cultivated as an ornamental in North America.
  • wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
  • wear-resistant — resistant to damage from normal wear or usage
  • weather bureau — the former name of the U.S. National Weather Service.
  • weather report — a summary of weather conditions, often including predicted conditions, for an area.
  • weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
  • 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
  • weather-beaten — bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.
  • weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
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