14-letter words containing s, w
- a can of worms — If you say that someone is opening a can of worms, you are warning them that they are planning to do or talk about something which is much more complicated, unpleasant, or difficult than they realize and which might be better left alone.
- a dusty answer — an unhelpful or bad-tempered reply
- absorbing well — a well for draining off surface water and conducting it to absorbent earth underground.
- across the way — If something is across the way, it is nearby on the opposite side of a road or area.
- adamawa massif — a plateau in W central Africa, in central Cameroon and E Nigeria.
- air stewardess — a stewardess on an airliner
- aircraftswoman — a woman holding a noncommissioned rank in the RAF.
- alaska highway — a road extending from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks, Alaska: built by the US Army (1942). Length: 2452 km (1523 miles)
- allhallows eve — Halloween.
- american twist — a service in which the ball is spun so as to bounce high and to the left of the receiver.
- ancient wisdom — pre-Christian knowledge, philosophy, and beliefs
- andrew jackson — Andrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
- andrew johnson — Andrew, 1808–75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865–69.
- answerableness — The state or quality of being answerable.
- arrest warrant — a legal document giving permission to arrest someone
- as good as new — If you say that something or someone is as good as new, you mean that they are in a very good condition or state, especially after they have been damaged or ill.
- assault weapon — any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use. Compare assault rifle.
- aswan high dam — a dam on the Nile forming a reservoir (Lake Nasser) extending 480 km (300 miles) from the First to the Third Cataracts: opened in 1971, it was built 6 km (4 miles) upstream from the old Aswan Dam (built in 1902 and twice raised). Height of dam: 109 m (365 ft)
- at (the) worst — You use at worst or at the worst to indicate that you are mentioning the worst thing that might happen in a situation.
- at one's elbow — within easy reach
- at one's worst — When someone is at their worst, they are as unpleasant, bad, or unsuccessful as it is possible for them to be.
- avogadro's law — the principle that equal volumes of all gases contain the same number of molecules at the same temperature and pressure
- aztec two-step — Montezuma's revenge
- b power supply — Electronics. B supply.
- ballistic wind — a single wind vector that would have the same net effect on the trajectory of a projectile as the varying winds encountered in flight.
- baptismal vows — the solemn promises made during baptism, either by the person baptized or by his or her sponsors
- bare ownership — ownership of a piece of property without the right to use and derive profit from that property
- basotho-qwaqwa — (formerly) a Bantustan in South Africa, in the Orange Free State; the only Bantustan without exclaves: abolished in 1993
- battle of wits — If you refer to a situation as a battle of wits, you mean that it involves people with opposing aims who compete with each other using their intelligence, rather than force.
- batwing sleeve — a sleeve of a garment with a deep armhole and a tight wrist
- be cursed with — to be afflicted with; suffer from
- be in the wars — If someone has been in the wars, they have been injured, for example in a fight or in an accident.
- be in the wash — If you say that something such as an item of clothing is in the wash, you mean that it is being washed, is waiting to be washed, or has just been washed and should therefore not be worn or used.
- be struck with — to be attracted to or impressed by
- between whiles — now and then; at intervals
- bewilderedness — the state of being bewildered
- big red switch — (jargon) (BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This [email protected]%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see also scram switch.
- blow off steam — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- blow one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- blow one's top — to lose one's temper
- boatswain bird — tropic bird.
- bonded-whiskey — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- bophuthatswana — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in N South Africa: consisted of six separate areas; declared independent by South Africa in 1977 although this was not internationally recognized; abolished in 1993. Capital: Mmabatho
- bosworth field — the site, two miles south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (August 1485). Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned king as Henry VII
- bow and scrape — to behave in an excessively deferential or obsequious way
- bowling crease — a line marked at the wicket, over which a bowler must not advance fully before delivering the ball
- bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
- braunschweiger — a smoked liver sausage, named after the city of Braunschweig
- break the news — announce sth
- breakfast show — a radio or television broadcast that airs around breakfast time
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