15-letter words containing m, e, r, o, w
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
- tall meadow rue — a meadow rue, Thalictrum polygamum.
- the other woman — married man's female lover
- the outward man — the body as opposed to the soul
- the working man — working class people collectively
- twist one's arm — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- waddesdon manor — a mansion near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire: built (1880–89) in the French style for the Rothschild family: noted for its furnishings and collections of porcelain and paintings
- waterfall model — (programming) A software life-cycle or product life-cycle model, described by W. W. Royce in 1970, in which development is supposed to proceed linearly through the phases of requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing (validation), integration and maintenance. The Waterfall Model is considered old-fashioned or simplistic by proponents of object-oriented design which often uses the spiral model instead. Earlier phases are sometimes called "upstream" and later ones "downstream". Compare: iterative model.
- wee small hours — the hours just after midnight
- well-formedness — rightly or pleasingly formed: a well-formed contour.
- well-formulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- western hemlock — a tall, narrow hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, of western North America: the state tree of Washington.
- women's shelter — woman's refuge
- wondermongering — the promising of miracles
- worm's eye view — a perspective seen from below or from a low or inferior position: The new man will get a worm's-eye view of the corporate structure.
- worm's-eye view — a perspective seen from below or from a low or inferior position: The new man will get a worm's-eye view of the corporate structure.
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- yellow mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.