15-letter words containing w, a, l, o
- lutzow-holm bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Enderby Land.
- make allowances — to take mitigating circumstances into account in consideration (of)
- make sb welcome — If you make someone welcome or make them feel welcome, you make them feel happy and accepted in a new place.
- marigold window — wheel window.
- meals on wheels — a program, usually one supported or subsidized by a charitable, social, or government agency, for delivering hot meals regularly to elderly, disabled, or convalescing persons who are housebound and cannot cook for themselves.
- moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
- motor voter law — a law that enables prospective voters to register when they obtain or renew a driver's license.
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- navigation laws — laws relating to navigation
- nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
- neural networks — any group of neurons that conduct impulses in a coordinated manner, as the assemblages of brain cells that record a visual stimulus.
- new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
- new south wales — a state in SE Australia. 309,433 sq. mi. (801,430 sq. km). Capital: Sydney.
- newton's cradle — an ornamental puzzle consisting of a frame in which five metal balls are suspended in such a way that when one is moved it sets all the others in motion in turn
- newtonian fluid — any fluid exhibiting a linear relation between the applied shear stress and the rate of deformation.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
- once in a while — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
- outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
- outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
- paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
- parkinson's law — the statement, expressed facetiously as if a law of physics, that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion.
- patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
- peachblow glass — an American art glass made in various pale colors and sometimes having an underlayer of milk glass.
- personal growth — development as an individual
- play havoc with — bring chaos to
- power amplifier — an amplifier for increasing the power of a signal.
- prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
- railway journey — a journey made by railway train
- railway network — a system of intersecting rail routes
- railway station — train stop, railroad station
- red sandal wood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- research fellow — A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.
- rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- royal worcester — Worcester china made after 1862
- sam browne belt — a sword belt having a supporting strap over the right shoulder, formerly worn by officers in the U.S. Army, now sometimes worn as part of the uniform by police officers, guards, and army officers in other nations.
- seasonal worker — a worker who is employed for a particular period of the year, such as harvest, or Christmas
- senior wrangler — (at Cambridge University) a candidate who has obtained first-class honours in Part II of the mathematics tripos and got the highest marks
- sewage disposal — waste processing
- shockwave flash — flash
- short-eared owl — a streaked, buffy brown, cosmopolitan owl, Asio flammeus, having very short tufts of feathers on each side of the head.