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14-letter words containing r, e, s, t, o, w

  • waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
  • water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
  • 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.
  • water softener — any of a group of substances that when added to water containing calcium and magnesium ions cause the ions to precipitate or change their usual properties: used in the purification of water for the laboratory, and for giving water more efficient sudsing ability with soap.
  • water starwort — any of several aquatic plants of the genus Callitriche, having a star-shaped rosette of floating leaves: family Callitrichaceae
  • watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
  • waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.
  • weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
  • webster groves — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • well-supported — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
  • west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
  • west-northwest — a point on the compass midway between west and northwest.
  • western europe — countries in the west of Europe
  • western omelet — an omelet prepared with diced green peppers, onions, and ham.
  • westernisation — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of westernization.
  • westernization — The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
  • whistle blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistle-blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistleblowers — Plural form of whistleblower.
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • whorehouse cut — a cut in which a pack is divided into two parts, each of which is divided again before the pack is reassembled.
  • whortleberries — Plural form of whortleberry.
  • wiltshire horn — a breed of medium-sized sheep having horns in both male and female, originating from the Chalk Downs, England
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
  • witches'-broom — an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused especially by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • witness corner — a point, marked by a monument, situated at a known distance from and bearing relative to a corner that is used as a reference point but on which it is impossible to place a monument. Compare corner (def 10a).
  • 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).
  • women's centre — a centre providing medical or social services for women
  • women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
  • worcesterberry — a North American wild gooseberry, Ribes divaricatum
  • worcestershire — a former county in W central England, now part of Hereford and Worcester.
  • work prospects — chances of gaining employment
  • worthwhileness — such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book.
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
  • writer's block — a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work.
  • zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.
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