14-letter words containing i, l, w
- crowning glory — the greatest achievement
- cubital furrow — (in certain insects) a crease, between the cubital and anal veins, along which the wing folds.
- cult following — the admiration that is felt by a particular group for a film, book, band, etc
- cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.
- daffadowndilly — a daffodil
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- detail drawing — a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc
- diamond willow — wood that may come from any species of willow and has a diamond pattern in the grain, used for making walking sticks, table lamps, etc
- digital wallet — an electronic device, website, software system, or database that facilitates commercial transactions by storing a consumer's credit card, shipping address, and other payment data.
- disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
- disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
- disembowelment — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- display window — shop window displaying goods
- dogwood family — the plant family Cornaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple opposite leaves, small flowers often surrounded by showy, petallike bracts, and berrylike fruit, including the bunchberry, cornelian cherry, and dogwood.
- double wedding — a wedding in which two couples marry
- 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
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- drop-down list — pull-down list
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- eggshell white — a yellowish white colour
- electrowinning — a means of extracting metal from ore using electrolysis
- english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
- ewe equivalent — the basic measure for calculating stock unit
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- fair-trade law — a state or federal law authorizing fair-trade agreements: repealed 1975.
- family viewing — television programmes that are suitable for both adults and children
- feather pillow — soft headrest stuffed with feathers
- fellow citizen — law: national of same country
- fellow feeling — sympathetic feeling; sympathy: to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate.
- fellow-feeling — sympathetic feeling; sympathy: to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate.
- fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- field-to-wheel — relating to all phases of biofuel production and use from growing to combustion
- 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.
- flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
- flowering flax — a plant, Linum grandiflorum, of northern Africa, having quickly fading, red or pink flowers.
- flowering moss — pyxie.
- flying gangway — monkey bridge (def 2).
- following wind — a wind that is moving in the same direction as the course of a vessel etc
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- fowl paralysis — Marek's disease.
- fraternal twin — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
- freewheelingly — In a freewheeling manner; without constraint.
- get with child — to make pregnant
- global warming — an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- golden wedding — the fiftieth anniversary of a wedding.