14-letter words containing t, w
- watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
- waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.
- watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- watling island — San Salvador (def 1).
- waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- 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.
- wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
- wear-resistant — resistant to damage from normal wear or usage
- weather bureau — the former name of the U.S. National Weather Service.
- weather report — a summary of weather conditions, often including predicted conditions, for an area.
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
- weather-beaten — bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.
- weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
- weatherboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherboard.
- weatherglasses — Plural form of weatherglass.
- weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
- weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
- weatherproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof.
- weatherproofer — a worker who weatherproofs houses and other buildings.
- weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
- webster groves — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- weight density — the weight per unit volume of a substance or object.
- weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
- weight lifting — sport: competition to lift barbells
- weight watcher — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
- weight-watcher — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
- weightlessness — being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.
- weightwatchers — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
- welfare centre — a place where people or animals receive assistance
- welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- well and truly — If you say that something is well and truly finished, gone, or done, you are emphasizing that it is completely finished or gone, or thoroughly done.
- well motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- well-appointed — attractively equipped, arranged, or furnished, especially for comfort or convenience: a well-appointed room.
- well-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- well-conducted — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- well-connected — united, joined, or linked.
- well-fortified — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- well-justified — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- well-modulated — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- well-motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- well-practiced — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
- well-protected — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- well-reflected — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
- well-regulated — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- well-respected — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- well-satisfied — content: a satisfied look.
- well-supported — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.