15-letter words containing r, e, w, l
- the lower rhine — the part of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany, and the North Sea, and the area around it
- the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
- the wherewithal — necessary funds, resources, or equipment (for something or to do something)
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- three-line whip — A three-line whip is a situation where the MPs in a political party are ordered to attend parliament and vote in a particular way on a particular issue.
- tower of london — a historic fortress in London, England: originally a royal palace, later a prison, now an arsenal and museum.
- training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
- travelling wave — a wave carrying energy away from its source
- troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
- tweet you later — (on the Twitter website) goodbye; see you later
- twelve-tone row — tone row.
- two-star petrol — leaded petrol that has a low octane number; inferior leaded petrol
- two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
- unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
- unknown soldier — an unidentified soldier killed in battle and buried with honors, the tomb serving as a memorial to all the unidentified dead of a nation's armed forces. The tomb of the American Unknown Soldier, commemorating a serviceman killed in World War I, was established in the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in 1921. In 1958, the remains of personnel of World War II and the Korean War were buried alongside the tomb (now called the Tomb of the Unknowns, ). In 1984, a serviceman of the Vietnam War was interred next to the others.
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- viewing gallery — an area in a building or outside for viewing an activity, the surrounding scenery, etc
- völkerwanderung — the migration of peoples, esp of Germanic and Slavic peoples into S and W Europe from 2nd to 11th centuries
- wager of battle — (in medieval Britain) a pledge to do battle for a cause, esp to decide guilt or innocence by single combat
- walk (all) over — to defeat overwhelmingly
- wallpaper music — music that is pleasant but not interesting, so people do not pay much attention to it
- wallpaper paste — an adhesive used for attaching wallpaper to a surface
- walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
- warrantableness — Quality of being warrantable.
- water pimpernel — the brookweed.
- water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers
- water-repellent — having a finish that resists but is not impervious to water.
- waterfall model — (programming) A software life-cycle or product life-cycle model, described by W. W. Royce in 1970, in which development is supposed to proceed linearly through the phases of requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing (validation), integration and maintenance. The Waterfall Model is considered old-fashioned or simplistic by proponents of object-oriented design which often uses the spiral model instead. Earlier phases are sometimes called "upstream" and later ones "downstream". Compare: iterative model.
- waterford glass — fine cut or gilded glass made in Waterford, Ireland, having a slight blue cast due to the presence of cobalt.
- wearing apparel — clothing; garments.
- weather balloon — sounding balloon.
- wechsler scales — a group of intelligence tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) later revised (WAIS-R) the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) later revised (WISC-R) the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) and the Wechsler-Bellevue Scale, no longer used, all of which emphasize performance and verbal skills and give separate scores for subtests in vocabulary, arithmetic, memory span, assembly of objects, and other abilities.
- wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day
- wee small hours — the hours just after midnight
- weimar republic — the German republic (1919–33), founded at Weimar.
- welfare officer — a person who gives people help and advice
- welfare statism — the belief in or practices of a welfare state.
- well trajectory — The well trajectory is the direction in which the well is drilled.
- well turned out — smartly dressed
- well-accredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- well-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- well-brought-up — If you say that someone, especially a child, is well-brought-up, you mean that they are very polite because they have been taught good manners.
- well-considered — thought about or decided upon with care: a considered opinion.
- well-controlled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- well-elaborated — worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care. Synonyms: perfected, painstaking. Antonyms: simple.
- well-engineered — a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering: a mechanical engineer; a civil engineer.
- well-formedness — rightly or pleasingly formed: a well-formed contour.
- well-formulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.