14-letter words containing c, o, w, a, r
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
- mackinaw trout — lake trout.
- meteoric water — ground water that has recently originated from the atmosphere
- microwave oven — an electrically operated oven using high-frequency electromagnetic waves that penetrate food, causing its molecules to vibrate and generating heat within the food to cook it in a very short time.
- miracle worker — If you describe someone as a miracle worker, you mean that they have achieved or are able to achieve success in something that other people have found very difficult.
- new carrollton — a city in S central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
- panoramic view — wide vista or landscape
- parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
- peacock-flower — royal poinciana.
- pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
- porcelain ware — articles made of porcelain, such as plates and cups
- powder compact — make-up: small case of foundation
- prawn cocktail — A prawn cocktail is a dish that consists of prawns, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal.
- railway police — the branch of the police force specializing in maintaining law and order and detecting crime on the railways
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rainbow-collar — being or of an employee who combines work or experience on the assembly line with more technical or administrative duties; having both blue-collar and white-collar duties or experience.
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- reactive power — Reactive power is the part of complex power that corresponds to storage and retrieval of energy rather than consumption.
- rent allowance — money given to individuals by the government that subsidises the cost of renting a property
- road allowance — land reserved by the government to be used for public roads
- rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
- sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
- throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
- to wax lyrical — If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
- two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
- unknown factor — a factor that is not known or understood
- wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- warning notice — official notification of a danger or threat
- 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 crowfoot — an aquatic buttercup; Ranunculus aquatilis
- water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
- 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.
- watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
- wearing course — the top layer of a road that carries the traffic; road surface
- white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
- whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species.