14-letter words containing m, w, a
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- gallows humour — sinister and ironic humour
- game show host — a broadcaster who reads the questions or conducts a game show
- garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
- gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
- global warming — an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.
- grassman's law — an observation, made by H. G. Grassman, that when aspirated consonants occurred in successive syllables in Sanskrit and classical Greek, one, usually the first, was unaspirated, becoming a voiced stop in Sanskrit and a voiceless stop in Greek.
- great zimbabwe — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.
- grow away from — lose attachment
- hammer away at — persist
- hammer thrower — a contestant in a hammer throw
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
- hebrew-aramaic — a mixture of Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic
- hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
- hermit warbler — a common wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) of W North America, with a yellow-and-black head, a gray back, and white underparts
- hiram woodruff — Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
- homeward bound — going home
- homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
- horsehair worm — any long, slender worm of the phylum Nematomorpha, developing parasitically on insects and crustaceans, and free-living as adults in streams and ponds.
- humpback whale — a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.
- in a small way — slightly, somewhat
- lawrence frame — a gilded frame for a circular or oval painting, having a rectangular exterior form.
- longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- low-water mark — the lowest point reached by a low tide.
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
- mackinaw trout — lake trout.
- magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
- make allowance — to take circumstances, limitations, etc. into consideration
- make away with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- make one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- make time with — to succeed in attracting or having an affair with (a person)
- man about town — a socially active, sophisticated man who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, etc.; playboy; boulevardier.
- man of sorrows — a person alluded to by Isaiah (Isa. 53:3) and interpreted as being the Messiah
- man-about-town — a socially active, sophisticated man who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, etc.; playboy; boulevardier.
- mangold-wurzel — mangel-wurzel.
- mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.
- marine railway — a railway having a rolling cradle for hauling ships out of water onto land and returning them.
- mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
- martello tower — a circular, towerlike fort with guns on the top.
- master aircrew — a warrant rank in the Royal Air Force, equal to but before a warrant officer
- master workman — a worker in charge.
- 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.
- maxwell montes — a compact mountain range on Ishtar Terra, one of the regions of highest elevation on Venus.
- meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.