14-letter words containing s, e, w, l
- freshwater eel — any of a family (Anguillidae) of eels that live in streams, lakes, etc. and migrate to the sea to spawn
- 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
- goodfellowship — cheerful company
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- hell on wheels — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- hero's welcome — a very enthusiastic reception from a group of people who show their admiration for something good that you have done
- hold one's own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- household word — a familiar name, phrase, saying, etc.; byword: The advertising campaign is designed to make this new product a household word.
- i'll/we'll see — People say 'I'll see' or 'We'll see' to indicate that they do not intend to make a decision immediately, and will decide later.
- indian-wrestle — to engage in Indian wrestling: to Indian-wrestle for the city championship.
- kawartha lakes — a group of lakes in S Ontario, Canada, on the Trent Canal system.
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
- krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
- lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
- lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
- lay waste (to) — to destroy; devastate; make desolate
- leibnitz's law — the principle that two expressions satisfy exactly the same predicates if and only if they both refer to the same subject
- licensing laws — In Britain, the licensing laws are the laws which control the selling of alcoholic drinks.
- linsey-woolsey — a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling.
- longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- lose one's way — If you lose your way, you become lost when you are trying to go somewhere.
- low-angle shot — a shot taken with the camera placed in a position below and pointing upward at the subject.
- low-resolution — of or relating to CRTs, printers, or other visual output devices that produce images that are not sharply defined (opposed to high-resolution).
- lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- lower silurian — Ordovician
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- lowside window — (in medieval English churches) a window set low in the outside wall, permitting the interior to be seen from the outside.
- magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
- mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
- maxwell montes — a compact mountain range on Ishtar Terra, one of the regions of highest elevation on Venus.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
- middle western — of or relating to the Middle West.
- network closet — (networking) The place where network hardware (other than cabling) is installed. The space should be used primarily for storage, be dry, and have electricity available. Since network equipment rarely needs attention once installed and tested, the network closet can have limited accessibility.
- new australian — an immigrant to Australia, esp one whose native tongue is not English
- new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
- new forest fly — a blood-sucking fly, Hippobosca equinus, that attacks horses and cattle
- new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
- newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- news headlines — a short news broadcast briefly outlining the main news stories of the day
- north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
- norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
- oil the wheels — to make things run smoothly
- one fell swoop — a single hasty action or occurrence
- one-liner wars — (games, programming) A game popular among hackers who code in the language APL (see write-only language and line noise). The objective is to see who can code the most interesting and/or useful routine in one line of operators chosen from APL's exceedingly hairy primitive set. A similar amusement was practiced among TECO hackers and is now popular among Perl aficionados. (2 = 0 +.= T o.| T) / T <- iN where "o" is the APL null character, the assignment arrow is a single character, and "i" represents the APL iota.
- overshot wheel — a water wheel in which the water enters the buckets tangentially near the top of the wheel.
- overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city