14-letter words containing t, w

thought shower — brainstorm
three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
throw a wobbly — to become suddenly very agitated or angry
throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
throw light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
throw together — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
time will tell — sth will be revealed
titanium white — a pigment used in painting, consisting chiefly of titanium dioxide and noted for its brilliant white color, covering power, and permanence.
to blow a kiss — If you blow someone a kiss or blow a kiss, you touch the palm of your hand lightly with your lips, and then blow across your hand towards the person, in order to show them your affection.
to draw breath — If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
to follow suit — If people follow suit, they do the same thing that someone else has just done.
to get to work — If you get to work, go to work, or set to work on a job, task, or problem, you start doing it or dealing with it.
to know better — If someone knows better than to do something, they are old enough or experienced enough to know it is the wrong thing to do.
to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
to sweat blood — If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it.
to think twice — If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently.
to wax lyrical — If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
to windward of — advantageously situated with respect to
tongue twister — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, especially rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”.
tongue-twister — A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.
top-down model — (programming) A method for estimating the overall cost and effort of the proposed software project from global properties of the project. The total cost and schedule is partitioned into components for planning purposes.
tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
traffic warden — officer who monitors parking, etc.
transom window — a window divided by a transom.
trench warfare — combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
tripolitan war — a war (1801–05) that Tripoli declared on the United States because of American refusal to pay tribute for the safe passage of shipping in Barbary Coastal waters.
trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
tuckaway table — a table having a support folding into one plane and a tilting or drop-leaf top.
tumbler switch — electrical control
tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.
turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
turn the screw — to increase the pressure
twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
twelve o'clock — 12 noon, 1200 hours, midday
twenty-seventh — next after the twenty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 27.
twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
twilight sleep — a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth.
twilight world — a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories
two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
two-name paper — commercial paper having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
two-time loser — a person who has been sentenced to prison twice, especially for a major crime in a state where a third sentence is mandatory life imprisonment.
two-toed sloth — either of two sloths of the genus Choloepus, having two claws on the forelimbs and three on the hind limbs, including C. didactylus and C. hoffmanni.
two-way mirror — a sheet of glass that can be seen through from one side and is a mirror on the other, used especially for observation of criminal suspects by law-enforcement officials or witnesses.
two-way street — an arrangement or a situation involving reciprocal obligation or mutual action
twopenny piece — a two pence coin
under the wire — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.

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