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14-letter words containing l, e, a, s, w, i

  • 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).
  • street railway — a company that operates streetcars or buses.
  • swallow-tailed — having a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow, as various birds.
  • swamp milkweed — a coarse milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, growing in swampy places from eastern North America to Colorado, having ball-like clusters of rose-purple flowers.
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • swivel weaving — the process of weaving on a loom equipped with a swivel.
  • the all whites — the former name for the international soccer team of New Zealand
  • walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
  • walking papers — notice of dismissal
  • 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.
  • waste disposal — A waste disposal or a waste disposal unit is a small machine in a kitchen sink that chops up vegetable waste.
  • waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
  • watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
  • weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • weil's disease — a type of leptospirosis in humans, characterized by fever and jaundice, caused by the spirochete Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae.
  • welfare island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
  • welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
  • well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
  • well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
  • well-satisfied — content: a satisfied look.
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
  • white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
  • wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
  • wilhelmstrasse — a street in Berlin, Germany: location of the German foreign office and other government buildings until 1945.
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • wollaston wire — extremely fine wire formed by a process (Wollaston process) in which the metal, drawn as an ordinary wire, is encased in another metal and the two drawn together, after which the outer metal is stripped off or dissolved.
  • wrangel island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of the extreme NE of Russia: administratively part of Russia; mountainous and mostly tundra. Area: about 7300 sq km (2800 sq miles)
  • wristlet watch — a watch that is attached to a band or bracelet
  • yellow jasmine — Carolina jessamine.
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