14-letter words containing r, e, s, w
- crenshaw melon — a variety of melon resembling the casaba, having pinkish flesh.
- cross software — Software developed on one kind of computer for use on another (usually because the other computer does not have itself adequate facilities for software development).
- crown princess — A Crown Princess is a princess who is the wife of a Crown Prince, or will be queen of her country when the present king or queen dies.
- cruiserweights — Plural form of cruiserweight.
- custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- data warehouse — Computers. a large, centralized collection of digital data gathered from various units within an organization: The annual report uses information from the data warehouse.
- descartes' law — Snell's law.
- dinnerware set — A dinnerware set is the same as a dinner service.
- discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
- disempowerment — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- do wonders for — to make a remarkable improvement in
- dover's powder — a powder containing ipecac and opium, used as an anodyne, diaphoretic, and antispasmodic.
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
- draw a pension — If you draw a pension, you receive money from an insurer or the state because you have reached a particular age.
- draw the crabs — to attract unwelcome attention
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- dress-down day — a day on which employees are allowed to wear informal clothing
- dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- elephant shrew — any small active African mammal of the family Macroscelididae and order Macroscelidea, having an elongated nose, large ears, and long hind legs
- enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
- escrow account — account held on sb else's behalf
- everywhereness — Ubiquity; omnipresence.
- expert witness — In a court case, an expert witness is someone such as a doctor or other professional who testifies about and gives opinions on subjects and issues that have been raised in the particular court case.
- featherweights — Plural form of featherweight.
- fellow servant — (under the fellow-servant rule) an employee working with another employee for the same employer.
- fireworks mode — The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a crash and burn operation.
- flowering moss — pyxie.
- flowers of tan — a common slime mold, Fuligo septica, of the central and eastern U.S., having large sporophores and yellowish, foamy plasmodia, that during a wet growing season may spread to cover large areas of lawns, woody debris, and growing plants.
- free cash flow — Free cash flow is revenue of a business that is available to spend.
- freezing works — a slaughterhouse at which animal carcasses are frozen for export
- french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- freshers' week — a week at the beginning of a university year, usually with a programme of events intended to welcome new first-year students
- freshwater eel — any of a family (Anguillidae) of eels that live in streams, lakes, etc. and migrate to the sea to spawn
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- frontierswomen — Plural form of frontierswoman.
- george hw bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- golfer's elbow — a painful inflammation of the muscles on the inside of the forearm caused by exertion in playing golf
- graveyard stew — milk toast.
- great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
- growing season — The growing season in a particular country or area is the period in each year when the weather and temperature is right for plants and crops to grow.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hardware store — shop selling DIY or home-improvement supplies