16-letter words containing k, w, e, i
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.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
- upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
- walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position
- walking delegate — (formerly) an official appointed by a trade union to go from place to place to investigate working conditions, to ascertain whether union contracts were being fulfilled, and, sometimes, to negotiate contracts between employers and the union.
- walking distance — distance that can easily be walked
- walking dragline — a very large-capacity dragline mounted on feet or pads instead of tracks
- weak interaction — the interaction between elementary particles and the intermediate vector bosons that carry the weak force from one particle to another.
- week in week out — If you say that something happens week in week out, you do not like it because it happens all the time, and never seems to change.
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
- william mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- 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.