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

  • crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
  • cubital furrow — (in certain insects) a crease, between the cubital and anal veins, along which the wing folds.
  • custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
  • data warehouse — Computers. a large, centralized collection of digital data gathered from various units within an organization: The annual report uses information from the data warehouse.
  • down and dirty — unscrupulous; nasty: a down-and-dirty election campaign.
  • down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
  • down the hatch — drinks toast
  • down-and-dirty — unscrupulous; nasty: a down-and-dirty election campaign.
  • down-and-outer — without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • downy cocktail — cationic cocktail
  • draw-out table — draw table.
  • draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
  • dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
  • dwarf palmetto — an apparently stemless palm, Sabal minor, of the southeastern U.S., having stiff, bluish-green leaves, the leafstalks arising from the ground.
  • employment law — rules governing working practices
  • escrow account — account held on sb else's behalf
  • factory worker — manufacturing labourer
  • farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
  • fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
  • feather pillow — soft headrest stuffed with feathers
  • fellow servant — (under the fellow-servant rule) an employee working with another employee for the same employer.
  • figwort family — the plant family Scrophulariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having alternate or opposite leaves, often showy two-lipped or irregular flowers, fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the figwort, foxglove, Indian paintbrush, mullein, speedwell, and snapdragon.
  • flowers of tan — a common slime mold, Fuligo septica, of the central and eastern U.S., having large sporophores and yellowish, foamy plasmodia, that during a wet growing season may spread to cover large areas of lawns, woody debris, and growing plants.
  • follow the sea — to make one's living by serving on oceangoing ships
  • footplatewoman — a female footplate worker
  • forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
  • formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
  • forward market — future commodities trading
  • front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
  • frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
  • game show host — a broadcaster who reads the questions or conducts a game show
  • go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
  • go on the swag — to become a tramp
  • go to the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
  • go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
  • golden ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
  • great gray owl — a large, dish-faced, gray owl, Strix nebulosa, of northern North America and western Eurasia, having streaked and barred plumage.
  • grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • hammer thrower — a contestant in a hammer throw
  • hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
  • hardware store — shop selling DIY or home-improvement supplies
  • highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
  • how about that — delight, surprise
  • hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • in the wake of — the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water: The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness.
  • isolation ward — a ward where people with a contagious disease are kept separate from people who are not infected
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