14-letter words containing u, a, w
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rainbow runner — a streamlined, cigar-shaped swift jack, Elagatis bipinnulata, of warm seas, having a blue back, light-colored abdomen, and blue-bordered yellow stripes on its sides: a food and game fish.
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
- ruby-tail wasp — any of various brightly coloured wasps of the family Chrysididae, having a metallic sheen, which parasitize bees and other solitary wasps
- rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
- shawinigan-sud — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, S of Shawinigan.
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
- snowy mountain — of or relating to the Snowy Mountains of Australia or their inhabitants
- software house — a commercial organization that specializes in the production of computer software packages
- southeastwards — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southwestwards — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- straw mushroom — a small brown mushroom, Volvariella volvacea, used in Asian cookery.
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
- surajah dowlah — Siraj-ud-daula.
- surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
- suwannee sound — a part of the Gulf of Mexico where the Suwannee river reaches the sea
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
- sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
- tangata whenua — the indigenous Māori people of a particular area of New Zealand or of the country as a whole
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- titanium white — a pigment used in painting, consisting chiefly of titanium dioxide and noted for its brilliant white color, covering power, and permanence.
- 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.
- 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.
- unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable
- unknown factor — a factor that is not known or understood
- unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- urban clearway — a stretch of road in an urban area on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
- url forwarding — URL redirection
- voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause
- vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
- wagner-jauregg — Julius [yoo-lee-oo s] /ˈyu liˌʊs/ (Show IPA), 1857–1940, Austrian psychiatrist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1927.
- walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- ward cunnigham — (person) The creator of the first wiki.
- wardour street — a street in Soho where many film companies have their London offices: formerly noted for shops selling antiques and mock antiques
- wardrobe trunk — a large, upright trunk, usually with space on one side for hanging clothes and drawers or compartments on the other for small articles, shoes, etc.
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
- water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
- water fountain — a drinking fountain, water cooler, or other apparatus supplying drinking water.
- water measurer — a slender heteropterous bug, Hydrometra stagnorum, that has a greatly elongated head and is found on still or sluggish water where it preys on water fleas, mosquito larvae, etc