14-letter words containing i, n, w, a, l
- retaining wall — a wall for holding in place a mass of earth or the like, as at the edge of a terrace or excavation.
- rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- sandalwood oil — extract of fragrant Asian wood
- sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.
- sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
- shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
- shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
- stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- swivel weaving — the process of weaving on a loom equipped with a swivel.
- tasmanian wolf — thylacine.
- tripolitan war — a war (1801–05) that Tripoli declared on the United States because of American refusal to pay tribute for the safe passage of shipping in Barbary Coastal waters.
- url forwarding — URL redirection
- vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
- wait in a line — When people wait in a line, they stand in a line waiting for something.
- walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- walking ticket — walking papers.
- wallace's line — an imaginary line that separates the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions and passes between Bali and Lombok, west of Celebes, and east of the Philippines.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
- warrantability — The quality of being warrantable.
- water plantain — any of several marsh plants of the genus Alisma, esp A. plantago-aquatica, of N temperate regions and Australia, having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed leaves: family Alismataceae
- watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
- watling island — San Salvador (def 1).
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- welfare island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
- well-appointed — attractively equipped, arranged, or furnished, especially for comfort or convenience: a well-appointed room.
- well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- well-organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
- welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
- whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
- wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
- whistling swan — the small North American subspecies, Cygnus columbianus columbianus, of the tundra swan.
- white elephant — a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of: Our Victorian bric-a-brac and furniture were white elephants.
- white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
- wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.
- william bowman — William Scott ("Scotty") born 1933, Canadian hockey coach.
- william gibson — (person) Author of cyberpunk novels such as Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa Overdrive, and Virtual Light (1993). Neuromancer, a novel about a computer hacker/criminal "cowboy" of the future helping to free an artificial intelligence from its programmed bounds, won the Hugo and Nebula science fiction awards and is credited as the seminal cyberpunk novel and the origin of the term "cyberspace". Gibson does not have a technical background and supposedly purchased his first computer in 1992.
- willow pattern — a decorative design in English ceramics, depicting chiefly a willow tree, small bridge, and two birds, derived from Chinese sources and introduced in approximately 1780: often executed in blue and white but sometimes in red and white.
- windmill grass — finger grass.
- window cleaner — someone that cleans windows for a living
- window display — an arrangement of items in a shop window