16-letter words containing u, n, s, w
- twenty questions — an oral game in which one player selects a word or object whose identity the other players attempt to guess by asking up to twenty questions that can be answered with a yes or a no.
- under one's wing — in one's care or tutelage
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
- unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
- upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
- vaughan williams — Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer.
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
- well-constructed — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
- wind instruments — a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.
- windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
- wish fulfillment — gratification of desires.
- wishful thinking — interpretation of facts, actions, words, etc., as one would like them to be rather than as they really are; imagining as actual what is not.
- without question — If you do something without question, you do it without arguing or asking why it is necessary.
- women's suffrage — right of adult females to vote
- writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty