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14-letter words containing l, i, n, t, w

  • parents-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
  • persian walnut — English walnut.
  • pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
  • potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
  • potential well — a localized region in a field of force in which the potential has a deep minimum
  • prawn cocktail — A prawn cocktail is a dish that consists of prawns, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal.
  • preventive law — consultation, as between lawyer and client, to prevent future litigation by dispensing legal advice, clarifying the terms of a contract, etc.
  • pull-down list — (operating system)   (Or "drop-down list") A graphical user interface component that allows the user to choose one (or sometimes more than one) item from a list. The current choice is visible in a small rectangle and when the user clicks on it, a list of items is revealed below it. The user can then click on one of these to make it the current choice and the list disappears. In some cases, by holding down a modifier key such as Ctrl when clicking, the selection is added to (or removed from) the set of current choices rather than replacing it.
  • push down list — (programming)   (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
  • retaining wall — a wall for holding in place a mass of earth or the like, as at the edge of a terrace or excavation.
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
  • self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
  • shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
  • shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
  • silent witness — a person who observes but makes no comment on or has no involvement in an action
  • snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
  • stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • switch selling — a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead
  • tasmanian wolf — thylacine.
  • telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • tenpin bowling — Tenpin bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track toward a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
  • the wilderness — the barren regions to the south and east of Palestine, esp those in which the Israelites wandered before entering the Promised Land and in which Christ fasted for 40 days and nights
  • throw light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
  • tripolitan war — a war (1801–05) that Tripoli declared on the United States because of American refusal to pay tribute for the safe passage of shipping in Barbary Coastal waters.
  • vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
  • wait in a line — When people wait in a line, they stand in a line waiting for something.
  • walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
  • walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
  • walking ticket — walking papers.
  • walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • warrantability — The quality of being warrantable.
  • 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
  • watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
  • watling island — San Salvador (def 1).
  • weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
  • weight lifting — sport: competition to lift barbells
  • weightlessness — being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.
  • well-appointed — attractively equipped, arranged, or furnished, especially for comfort or convenience: a well-appointed room.
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
  • whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
  • whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
  • whistling duck — any of several long-legged, chiefly tropical ducks of the genus Dendrocygna, most of which have whistling cries.
  • whistling swan — the small North American subspecies, Cygnus columbianus columbianus, of the tundra swan.
  • white elephant — a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of: Our Victorian bric-a-brac and furniture were white elephants.
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