15-letter words containing l, w
- spirit wrestler — a Doukhobor.
- stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
- stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
- starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
- stillson wrench — a large wrench having adjustable jaws that tighten as the pressure on the handle is increased
- streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
- sunflower seeds — the seeds of a sunflower, which can be eaten
- sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
- sweet chocolate — cocoa product with high sugar content
- sweetheart deal — any agreement in which a public body offers unduly favourable terms to a private company or individual
- swellheadedness — the fact or state of being conceited
- swinging single — an unmarried person who is sexually promiscuous
- sword swallower — performer who puts swords in throat
- sword-swallower — a performer who simulates the swallowing of swords
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
- tall meadow rue — a meadow rue, Thalictrum polygamum.
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- ten-pin bowling — game of skittles
- the black watch — (formerly) the Royal Highland Regiment in the British Army; (since 2006) an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
- the common weal — the good of society
- the devil's own — a very difficult or problematic (thing)
- the lower karoo — one of the two divisions of the Karoo
- the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
- the lower rhine — the part of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany, and the North Sea, and the area around it
- the public weal — the public good; the good of society
- the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
- the wherewithal — necessary funds, resources, or equipment (for something or to do something)
- the whole shoot — everything
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- three-line whip — A three-line whip is a situation where the MPs in a political party are ordered to attend parliament and vote in a particular way on a particular issue.
- titius-bode law — Bode's law.
- to draw a blank — If you draw a blank when you are looking for someone or something, you do not succeed in finding them.
- to lead the way — If you lead the way along a particular route, you go along it in front of someone in order to show them where to go.
- to my knowledge — as far as I am aware
- tower of london — a historic fortress in London, England: originally a royal palace, later a prison, now an arsenal and museum.
- town councillor — member of municipal government
- training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
- travelling wave — a wave carrying energy away from its source
- troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
- tweet you later — (on the Twitter website) goodbye; see you later
- twelve apostles — the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to go forth to teach the gospel
- twelve-tone row — tone row.
- twitching trail — a logging road sufficiently developed to allow the hauling of logs along it by horse or tractor.
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- two-star petrol — leaded petrol that has a low octane number; inferior leaded petrol
- two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
- tyrwhitt-wilson — Gerald Hugh, 14th Baron Berners [bur-nerz] /ˈbɜr nərz/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, English composer, painter, and author.