14-letter words containing w, a, i, c
- drawing office — an office where drawings are made
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- 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
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
- hattie caraway — Hattie Ophelia Wyatt, 1878–1950, U.S. politician: first elected woman senator, from Arkansas, 1932.
- heartwrenching — Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
- hebrew-aramaic — a mixture of Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic
- identical twin — one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.
- keep pace with — to proceed at the same speed as
- kwangsi chuang — Guangxi Zhuang.
- lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
- law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
- licensing laws — In Britain, the licensing laws are the laws which control the selling of alcoholic drinks.
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
- mackinaw trout — lake trout.
- master aircrew — a warrant rank in the Royal Air Force, equal to but before a warrant officer
- medicine woman — (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a woman believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; a female shaman.
- meteoric water — ground water that has recently originated from the atmosphere
- microwave oven — an electrically operated oven using high-frequency electromagnetic waves that penetrate food, causing its molecules to vibrate and generating heat within the food to cook it in a very short time.
- midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
- miracle worker — If you describe someone as a miracle worker, you mean that they have achieved or are able to achieve success in something that other people have found very difficult.
- mowing machine — a machine for mowing or cutting down grass, grain, etc.
- nerve wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nerve-wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- new caledonian — of, from, or relating to New Caledonia
- night watchman — watchman.
- nuclear winter — the general devastation of life, along with worldwide darkness and extreme cold, that some scientists believe would result from a global dust cloud screening out sunlight following large-scale nuclear detonations.
- one-way ticket — transport: single-journey fare
- packet writing — (storage) A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.
- panoramic view — wide vista or landscape
- pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
- pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pickwickianism — a Pickwickian statement, expression, word, or the like.
- porcelain ware — articles made of porcelain, such as plates and cups
- prawn cocktail — A prawn cocktail is a dish that consists of prawns, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal.
- prawn-sandwich — characterizing or belonging to the type of spectator at a football match who is motivated to attend more by the corporate hospitality available than a true devotion to a particular club
- public welfare — state aid to the poor
- railway police — the branch of the police force specializing in maintaining law and order and detecting crime on the railways
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rainbow-collar — being or of an employee who combines work or experience on the assembly line with more technical or administrative duties; having both blue-collar and white-collar duties or experience.
- reactive power — Reactive power is the part of complex power that corresponds to storage and retrieval of energy rather than consumption.
- richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
- sackville-west — Dame Victoria Mary ("Vita") 1892–1962, English poet and novelist (wife of Harold Nicolson).
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
- sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.