14-letter words containing w, a, g
- finnegans wake — a novel (1922–39) by James Joyce.
- flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
- flowering flax — a plant, Linum grandiflorum, of northern Africa, having quickly fading, red or pink flowers.
- flying gangway — monkey bridge (def 2).
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
- gallows humour — sinister and ironic humour
- game show host — a broadcaster who reads the questions or conducts a game show
- garden warbler — any of several small brownish-grey European songbirds of the genus Sylvia (warblers), esp S. borin, common in woods and hedges: in some parts of Europe they are esteemed as a delicacy
- garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
- get in the way — be an obstacle
- gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
- global warming — an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
- go on the swag — to become a tramp
- go to the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
- golden ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
- golden warbler — yellow warbler.
- googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
- granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
- grassman's law — an observation, made by H. G. Grassman, that when aspirated consonants occurred in successive syllables in Sanskrit and classical Greek, one, usually the first, was unaspirated, becoming a voiced stop in Sanskrit and a voiceless stop in Greek.
- graveyard stew — milk toast.
- great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
- great gray owl — a large, dish-faced, gray owl, Strix nebulosa, of northern North America and western Eurasia, having streaked and barred plumage.
- great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
- great zimbabwe — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.
- greater weever — either of two small, European, marine fishes of the genus Trachinus, T. draco (greater weever) or T. vipera (lesser weever) having highly poisonous dorsal spines.
- gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
- grow away from — lose attachment
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- growing season — The growing season in a particular country or area is the period in each year when the weather and temperature is right for plants and crops to grow.
- guy fawkes day — (in Britain) November 5, celebrating the anniversary of the capture of Guy Fawkes.
- hawaiian goose — nene.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- health warning — a message indicating the dangers to the consumer's health of consuming a particular product printed on the packaging for the product
- heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
- heartwrenching — Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
- heidelberg jaw — a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany.
- hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
- highs and lows — If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
- highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- in league with — along with, plotting with
- interwreathing — Present participle of interwreathe.
- inward-looking — person
- jugurthine war — an unsuccessful war waged against the Romans (112–105 bc) by Jugurtha, king of Numidia (died 104)
- jungle warfare — the specialized techniques required by the military to survive and fight in jungle terrain