14-letter words containing u, a, w
- water purifier — a device that purifies water
- water purslane — a creeping, Eurasian annual plant, Lythrum portula, of marshes and wetlands, having small flowers and rounded leaves.
- watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
- wearing course — the top layer of a road that carries the traffic; road surface
- weather bureau — the former name of the U.S. National Weather Service.
- web - language — (language) Donald Knuth's self-documenting literate programming, with algorithms and documentation intermixed in one file. They can be separated using Weave and Tangle. Versions exist for Pascal and C. Spiderweb can be used to create versions for other languages. FunnelWeb is a production-quality literate-programming tool.
- 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-modulated — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- well-qualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- well-regulated — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
- weltanschauung — a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- whole language — a method of teaching reading in which reading is combined with listening, speaking, and writing practice, and literature is used to decode words in context. Compare phonics (def 1).
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
- woman suffrage — the right of women to vote; female suffrage.
- world language — a language spoken and known in many countries, such as English
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
- yellowfin tuna — an important food fish, Thunnus albacares, inhabiting warm seas.
- yom kippur war — a war that began on Yom Kippur in 1973 with the attack of Israel by Egypt, Syria, and Iraq: Israel recovered most of its initial losses.