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14-letter words containing o, n, w, a

  • wind indicator — a large weather vane used at airports to indicate wind direction.
  • window cleaner — someone that cleans windows for a living
  • window display — an arrangement of items in a shop window
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • wing commander — British. an officer in the Royal Air Force equivalent in rank to a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
  • winter aconite — a small Old World plant, Eranthis hyemalis, of the buttercup family, often cultivated for its bright-yellow flowers, which appear very early in the spring.
  • with an eye to — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • wollaston lake — a lake in NE Saskatchewan, in central Canada. About 796 sq. mi. (2062 sq. km).
  • wollaston wire — extremely fine wire formed by a process (Wollaston process) in which the metal, drawn as an ordinary wire, is encased in another metal and the two drawn together, after which the outer metal is stripped off or dissolved.
  • wollstonecraftMary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
  • woman suffrage — the right of women to vote; female suffrage.
  • woman-to-woman — characterized by directness, openness, etc., between women.
  • wood engraving — the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on the end grain of wood, for printing.
  • word formation — the formation of words, for example by adding prefixes or suffixes to roots
  • work placement — temporary job, internship
  • working papers — documents permitting employment
  • world champion — someone who has won a competition open to people throughout the whole world
  • world language — a language spoken and known in many countries, such as English
  • wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
  • wyandotte cave — a cave in S Indiana: one of the most extensive in the U.S., with 23 miles (37 km) of passages.
  • wyoming valley — a valley in NE Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River: Indian massacre 1778.
  • yeddo hawthorn — a Japanese shrub, Raphiolepis umbellata, of the rose family, having leathery leaves and dense, hairy clusters of fragrant white flowers.
  • yellow gentian — a plant, Gentiana lutea, of Europe and Asia Minor, having yellow flowers, the rootstock yielding a bitter tonic.
  • yellow jasmine — Carolina jessamine.
  • yellowfin tuna — an important food fish, Thunnus albacares, inhabiting warm seas.
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