14-letter words containing k, e, r, w
- neural network — artificial neural network
- new york state — New York (def 1).
- nice/good work — You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
- packet writing — (storage) A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.
- peacock-flower — royal poinciana.
- railway worker — railroad employee
- reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
- 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.
- rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
- sensor network — a network of tiny autonomous devices embedded in everyday objects or sprinkled on the ground, able to communicate using wireless links
- serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- skew-symmetric — noting a square matrix that is equal to the negative of its transpose.
- 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.
- speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
- take away from — detract
- the kiwi ferns — the women's international Rugby League football team of New Zealand
- to get to work — If you get to work, go to work, or set to work on a job, task, or problem, you start doing it or dealing with it.
- to know better — If someone knows better than to do something, they are old enough or experienced enough to know it is the wrong thing to do.
- uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- 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.
- welfare worker — sb who does social or community work
- west berkshire — a unitary authority in S England, in Berkshire. Pop: 144 200 (2003 est). Area: 705 sq km (272 sq miles)
- west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
- white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
- whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
- wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
- windsor rocker — a Windsor chair on rockers
- winkle-pickers — shoes or boots with very pointed narrow toes, popular in the mid-20th century
- winning streak — several consecutive wins
- work placement — temporary job, internship
- work prospects — chances of gaining employment
- working memory — temporary or short-term recall
- working papers — documents permitting employment
- wrecker's ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
- wrecking crane — a crane for lifting and removing wrecked rolling stock.
- write the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- writer's block — a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work.
- yesterday week — a week yesterday; a week ago from yesterday
- you never know — You say 'You never know' or 'One never knows' to indicate that it is not definite or certain what will happen in the future, and to suggest that there is some hope that things will turn out well.