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14-letter words containing p, e, s, w

  • water purslane — a creeping, Eurasian annual plant, Lythrum portula, of marshes and wetlands, having small flowers and rounded leaves.
  • water sapphire — a transparent variety of cordierite, found in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and elsewhere, sometimes used as a gem.
  • water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
  • waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.
  • wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
  • weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
  • web-publishing — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • well preserved — having been maintained in good condition; preserving a good or healthy appearance: a well-preserved manuscript; a well-preserved elderly couple.
  • well-dispersed — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
  • well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
  • well-preserved — having been maintained in good condition; preserving a good or healthy appearance: a well-preserved manuscript; a well-preserved elderly couple.
  • well-published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
  • well-respected — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
  • well-supported — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • west hempstead — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • western empire — the western portion of the Roman Empire after its division, a.d. 395, which became extinct a.d. 476.
  • western europe — countries in the west of Europe
  • whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
  • whippersnapper — an unimportant but offensively presumptuous person, especially a young one.
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • white sapphire — a colorless variety of corundum, used as a gemstone.
  • whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
  • wide-spreading — spreading over or covering a large area: wide-spreading showers; wide-spreading ivy.
  • wilson's snipe — a North American common snipe, Gallinago (Capella) gallinago delicata.
  • window-shopper — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
  • winkle-pickers — shoes or boots with very pointed narrow toes, popular in the mid-20th century
  • winter springs — a town in central Florida.
  • with eyes open — 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.
  • word processor — a computer program or computer system designed for word processing.
  • work prospects — chances of gaining employment
  • working papers — documents permitting employment
  • worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
  • writer's cramp — spasmodic, painful contractions of the muscles of the thumb, forefinger, and forearm during writing.
  • zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.
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