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14-letter words containing t, i, n, g

  • wayfaring tree — a Eurasian shrub, Viburnum lantana, of the honeysuckle family, having finely toothed, ovate leaves and branching clusters of white flowers, growing along roadsides and cultivated as an ornamental in North America.
  • weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
  • weight density — the weight per unit volume of a substance or object.
  • weight lifting — sport: competition to lift barbells
  • weightlessness — being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.
  • west virginian — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
  • whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
  • whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
  • whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
  • whistling duck — any of several long-legged, chiefly tropical ducks of the genus Dendrocygna, most of which have whistling cries.
  • whistling swan — the small North American subspecies, Cygnus columbianus columbianus, of the tundra swan.
  • white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
  • white mahogany — an Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
  • win through to — If you win through to a particular position or stage of a competition, you achieve it after a great effort or by defeating opponents.
  • wind generator — an electric generator situated on a tower and driven by the force of wind on blades or a rotor.
  • winning streak — several consecutive wins
  • winter springs — a town in central Florida.
  • women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
  • wring together — to join (two smooth flat surfaces, esp slip gauges) by hand pressure and a slight twisting movement
  • xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis
  • yagi (antenna) — a VHF or UHF directional antenna array in which a basic dipole antenna is supplemented by several parallel reflector and director elements: used when television reception is weak
  • yearly meeting — any of several associations of local Quaker congregations.
  • yellow gentian — a plant, Gentiana lutea, of Europe and Asia Minor, having yellow flowers, the rootstock yielding a bitter tonic.
  • yield strength — the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.
  • zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
  • zygomatic bone — a bone on each side of the face below the eye, forming the prominence of the cheek; cheekbone.
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