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14-letter words containing n, o, w, i, d, e

  • power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
  • power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
  • quarter window — (on a car) a small triangular side window with hinges that can be opened for extra ventilation
  • rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
  • rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • sit-down money — social security benefits
  • snow blindness — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
  • uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
  • waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
  • well-appointed — attractively equipped, arranged, or furnished, especially for comfort or convenience: a well-appointed room.
  • well-conceived — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
  • well-confirmed — made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reports of new fighting at the front; confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.
  • well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
  • well-nourished — having been provided with plenty of the material necessary for life and growth
  • well-organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
  • when it's done — (jargon)   A manufacturer's non-answer to questions about product availability. This answer allows the manufacturer to pretend to communicate with their customers without setting themselves any deadlines or revealing how behind schedule the product really is. It also sounds slightly better than "We don't know".
  • wind deflector — an accessory that can be fitted to parts of a vehicle that are often open when driving, such as windows and sunroofs, to prevent the driver and passengers being buffeted by wind as well as reducing noise and keeping out flying debris
  • wind generator — an electric generator situated on a tower and driven by the force of wind on blades or a rotor.
  • window cleaner — someone that cleans windows for a living
  • window dresser — a person employed to trim the display windows of a store.
  • window-dresser — a person employed to trim the display windows of a store.
  • window-shopper — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • windsor rocker — a Windsor chair on rockers
  • wine-producing — of or relating to a place where wine is produced
  • wing commander — British. an officer in the Royal Air Force equivalent in rank to a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
  • wire recording — a recording made on a wire recorder.
  • wood engraving — the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on the end grain of wood, for printing.
  • word blindness — alexia.
  • worldly-minded — having or showing devotion to the affairs and interests of this world.
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
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