15-letter words containing a, w, e, l, s, n
- serjeant at law — (formerly in England) a barrister of a special rank, to which he was raised by a writ under the Great Seal
- shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
- snowball effect — a process of continuously accelerating change in size, importance, etc
- sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
- stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
- streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
- sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
- swellheadedness — the fact or state of being conceited
- the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
- warrantableness — Quality of being warrantable.
- welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
- wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)
- west carrollton — a town in W Ohio.
- westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
- wide-angle lens — A wide-angle lens is a lens which allows you to photograph a wider view than a normal lens.
- wilderness area — a region whose natural growth is protected by legislation and whose recreational and industrial use is restricted.
- wilderness road — a 300-mile (500-km) route from eastern Virginia through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, explored by Daniel Boone in 1769 and marked as a trail by him and other pioneers in 1775: a major route for early settlers moving west.
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- winter purslane — a plant, Montia perfoliata, native to western North America, of the purslane family, having edible, egg-shaped leaves and clusters of small, white flowers.
- wolverine state — Michigan (used as a nickname).
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason