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

  • maternity ward — hospital room for new mothers
  • matthew walker — a knot formed on the end of a rope by partly unlaying the strands and tying them in a certain way.
  • maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
  • meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
  • meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
  • measure swords — to duel with swords
  • measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
  • melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
  • meteoric water — ground water that has recently originated from the atmosphere
  • microwave oven — an electrically operated oven using high-frequency electromagnetic waves that penetrate food, causing its molecules to vibrate and generating heat within the food to cook it in a very short time.
  • migrant-worker — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
  • milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
  • milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
  • miracle worker — If you describe someone as a miracle worker, you mean that they have achieved or are able to achieve success in something that other people have found very difficult.
  • mother-out-law — the mother of one's ex-husband or ex-wife
  • mount wrangell — a mountain in S Alaska, in the W Wrangell Mountains. Height: 4269 m (14 005 ft)
  • mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
  • mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
  • myrtle warbler — a common North American wood warbler, Dendroica coronata, having yellow spots on the rump, crown, and sides, including a white-throated eastern subspecies (myrtle warbler) and a yellow-throated western subspecies (Audubon's warbler)
  • new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
  • new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
  • new model army — the army established in 1645 during the Civil War by the English parliamentarians, which exercised considerable political power under Cromwell
  • newspaperwoman — a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
  • newspaperwomen — Plural form of newspaperwoman.
  • no matter what — whatever
  • old low german — the language of the German lowlands before c1100. Abbreviation: OLG.
  • one-way mirror — a sheet of glass that can be seen through from one side and is a mirror on the other, used especially for observation of criminal suspects by law-enforcement officials or witnesses.
  • panoramic view — wide vista or landscape
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • perimeter wall — a wall that serves as a boundary around something
  • permanent wave — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
  • powder compact — make-up: small case of foundation
  • rawhide hammer — a hammer, used to avoid damaging a surface, having a head consisting of a metal tube from each end of which a tight roll of hide protrudes
  • reach-me-downs — trousers
  • roger williams — Ben Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  • rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
  • somar software — (company)   The distributors of Somar DumpAcl and other utilities for Windows NT. Address: Washington, DC, USA.
  • straw mattress — bed padding filled with straw
  • sweet marjoram — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Origanum, of the mint family, especially O. majorana (sweet marjoram) having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
  • take away from — detract
  • trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
  • two-name paper — commercial paper having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • war department — the department of the federal government that, from 1789 until 1947, was responsible for defense and the military establishment: in 1947 it became the Department of the Army, which became part of the Department of Defense when it was established in 1949.
  • warm the bench — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
  • waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
  • watcom vx*rexx — (programming, tool)   A visual development environment for creating OS/2 applications with graphical user interfaces. It includes a project management facility, visual designer and an interactive source level debugger. Version 2.1 introduced the VX*REXX Client/Server Edition for client/server GUI application development on OS/2 by incorporating database objects. Using IBM's DRDA support on OS/2, users can access DB2 for MVS, DB2/400 for AS/400, and DB2/VSE and VM (SQL/DS) for VM and VSE. Also supported are Watcom SQL and ODBC-enabled databases. Since the VX*REXX visual development environment is based on IBM's object-oriented SOM technology, VX*REXX applications are open and extensible through the addition of new SOM objects.
  • water measurer — a slender heteropterous bug, Hydrometra stagnorum, that has a greatly elongated head and is found on still or sluggish water where it preys on water fleas, mosquito larvae, etc
  • water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
  • welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
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