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14-letter words containing l, a, w, r, e

  • road allowance — land reserved by the government to be used for public roads
  • roger williams — Ben Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  • sadler's wells — a theatre in London. It was renovated in 1931 by Lilian Bayliss and became the home of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company and the Sadler's Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet)
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
  • savi's warbler — a type of warbler; Locustella luscinioides.
  • scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • self-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
  • seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
  • sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
  • speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
  • spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
  • stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
  • straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
  • street railway — a company that operates streetcars or buses.
  • sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • the last straw — If an event is the last straw or the straw that broke the camel's back, it is the latest in a series of unpleasant or undesirable events, and makes you feel that you cannot tolerate a situation any longer.
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the real world — if you talk about the real world, you are referring to the world and life in general, in contrast to a particular person's own life, experience, and ideas, which may seem untypical and unrealistic
  • the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
  • three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
  • tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
  • twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
  • unforeknowable — not foreknowable
  • unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
  • urban clearway — a stretch of road in an urban area on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
  • walking papers — notice of dismissal
  • wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
  • warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
  • waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
  • 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
  • water purslane — a creeping, Eurasian annual plant, Lythrum portula, of marshes and wetlands, having small flowers and rounded leaves.
  • watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
  • watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
  • waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
  • weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
  • weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
  • weatherglasses — Plural form of weatherglass.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • welfare centre — a place where people or animals receive assistance
  • welfare island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
  • welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
  • welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
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