14-letter words containing p, w
- western europe — countries in the west of Europe
- 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 cough — an infectious disease of the respiratory mucous membrane, caused by Bordetella pertussis, characterized by a series of short, convulsive coughs followed by a deep inspiration accompanied by a whooping sound.
- 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.
- wilson's snipe — a North American common snipe, Gallinago (Capella) gallinago delicata.
- window display — an arrangement of items in a shop window
- window-shopper — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
- windows xp pro — Windows XP Professional Edition
- wine-producing — of or relating to a place where wine is produced
- winkle-pickers — shoes or boots with very pointed narrow toes, popular in the mid-20th century
- winnipeg couch — a couch with no arms or back, opening out into a double bed
- winter springs — a town in central Florida.
- 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 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 placement — temporary job, internship
- work prospects — chances of gaining employment
- working papers — documents permitting employment
- world champion — someone who has won a competition open to people throughout the whole world
- world premiere — the first public performance of a play, motion picture, musical work, etc.
- worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
- 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.
- yellow emperor — the legendary first emperor of China.
- yellow puccoon — a plant, Lithospermum incisum, of central and western North America, having numerous branches and fringed yellow flowers.
- 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.
- zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.