16-letter words containing k, e, r, w
- rattlesnake weed — a hawkweed, Hieracium venosum, of eastern North America, whose leaves and root are thought to possess medicinal properties.
- redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
- regional network — mid-level network
- rolled paperwork — a form of decoration on small objects, such as boxes, in which a design is made up of tiny rolls of paper cut crossways and laid together: popular in the 18th and 19th centuries
- round the wrekin — the long way round
- seven weeks' war — the war (1866) in which Prussia, Italy, and some minor German states opposed Austria, Saxony, Hanover, and the states of southern Germany.
- shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- smokeless powder — any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke, especially one composed wholly or mostly of guncotton.
- software package — bundle of files to execute computer program
- speed networking — the practice of trying to form business connections and contacts through meetings at which individuals are given the opportunity to have several conversations of limited duration with strangers
- spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
- straight whiskey — pure, unblended whiskey of 80 to 110 proof.
- swiss army knife — a small knife with blades and other tools, such as a nail file and corkscrew, all folding into the handle.
- theatre workshop — a theatre company that is noted for the unconventional theatrical performances it puts on, especially with reference to a company based in the East End of London from 1953 to 1973 that was founded in 1945 by Joan Littlewood
- tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
- two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
- two-stroke cycle — See under two-cycle.
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
- unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
- up with the lark — up early in the morning
- voluntary worker — a person who serves or acts in a specified function of their own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
- walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position
- walk the streets — to be a prostitute
- walking dragline — a very large-capacity dragline mounted on feet or pads instead of tracks
- waterless cooker — a tight-lidded kitchen utensil in which food can be cooked using only a small amount of water or only the juices emitted while cooking.
- weak interaction — the interaction between elementary particles and the intermediate vector bosons that carry the weak force from one particle to another.
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
- windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
- winter crookneck — any of several winter varieties of squash, Cucurbita moschata, having elongated, curved necks.
- work-in-progress — In book-keeping, work-in-progress refers to the monetary value of work that has not yet been paid for because it has not yet been completed.
- yellow pikeperch — the walleye, Stizostedion vitreum.