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14-letter words containing p, w, a

  • weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
  • weatherproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof.
  • weatherproofer — a worker who weatherproofs houses and other buildings.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • well-appointed — attractively equipped, arranged, or furnished, especially for comfort or convenience: a well-appointed room.
  • well-practiced — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
  • well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
  • west hempstead — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
  • whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
  • whippersnapper — an unimportant but offensively presumptuous person, especially a young one.
  • whipping cream — cream with enough butterfat to allow it to be made into whipped cream.
  • whirlpool bath — a bath in which the body is immersed in swirling water as therapy or for relaxation.
  • white elephant — a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of: Our Victorian bric-a-brac and furniture were white elephants.
  • 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.
  • whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species.
  • wide-spreading — spreading over or covering a large area: wide-spreading showers; wide-spreading ivy.
  • willow pattern — a decorative design in English ceramics, depicting chiefly a willow tree, small bridge, and two birds, derived from Chinese sources and introduced in approximately 1780: often executed in blue and white but sometimes in red and white.
  • window display — an arrangement of items in a shop window
  • with a capital — You can use phrases such as 'Life with a capital L', to emphasize that a word has a particular significance in the situation you are talking about.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • 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
  • wrapping paper — heavy paper used for wrapping packages, parcels, etc.
  • writer's cramp — spasmodic, painful contractions of the muscles of the thumb, forefinger, and forearm during writing.
  • yom kippur war — a war that began on Yom Kippur in 1973 with the attack of Israel by Egypt, Syria, and Iraq: Israel recovered most of its initial losses.
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