14-letter words containing g, r, w, t
- twilight world — a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories
- wage restraint — an agreement not to demand or pay large wage increases
- 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.
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- warning notice — official notification of a danger or threat
- water divining — the location of water with a divining rod
- watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
- watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- 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.
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- weatherglasses — Plural form of weatherglass.
- webster groves — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
- weight watcher — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
- weight-watcher — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
- weightwatchers — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- well-regulated — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
- west virginian — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- win through to — If you win through to a particular position or stage of a competition, you achieve it after a great effort or by defeating opponents.
- wind generator — an electric generator situated on a tower and driven by the force of wind on blades or a rotor.
- winning streak — several consecutive wins
- winter springs — a town in central Florida.
- witchetty grub — the large white larva of any of several species of moth and beetle of Australia, especially of the moth genus Cossus, occurring in decaying wood and traditionally used as food by Aborigines.
- with bad grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
- wriggle out of — evade: a duty
- wring together — to join (two smooth flat surfaces, esp slip gauges) by hand pressure and a slight twisting movement
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.