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14-letter words containing e, a, r, w, o

  • southwestwards — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
  • 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.
  • sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
  • surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
  • sweet marjoram — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Origanum, of the mint family, especially O. majorana (sweet marjoram) having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
  • sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
  • take away from — detract
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • the real world — if you talk about the real world, you are referring to the world and life in general, in contrast to a particular person's own life, experience, and ideas, which may seem untypical and unrealistic
  • the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
  • theater of war — the entire area in which ground, sea, and air forces may become directly employed in war operations, including the theater of operations and the zone of interior.
  • theatre of war — the area of air, sea and land that is directly involved in war
  • there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
  • 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 draw breath — If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
  • tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
  • two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
  • two-name paper — commercial paper having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
  • two-way street — an arrangement or a situation involving reciprocal obligation or mutual action
  • unforeknowable — not foreknowable
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • vesper sparrow — a common finch, Pooecetes gramineus, of fields and pastures in North America, noted for its evening song.
  • 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.
  • wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • 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 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 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.
  • 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.
  • waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.
  • wearing course — the top layer of a road that carries the traffic; road surface
  • weather report — a summary of weather conditions, often including predicted conditions, for an area.
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