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14-letter words containing w, a, m, e

  • homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
  • horsehair worm — any long, slender worm of the phylum Nematomorpha, developing parasitically on insects and crustaceans, and free-living as adults in streams and ponds.
  • humpback whale — a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.
  • lawrence frame — a gilded frame for a circular or oval painting, having a rectangular exterior form.
  • longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
  • low-water mark — the lowest point reached by a low tide.
  • lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
  • macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
  • magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
  • make allowance — to take circumstances, limitations, etc. into consideration
  • make away with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • make one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • make time with — to succeed in attracting or having an affair with (a person)
  • mangold-wurzel — mangel-wurzel.
  • mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.
  • marine railway — a railway having a rolling cradle for hauling ships out of water onto land and returning them.
  • mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
  • martello tower — a circular, towerlike fort with guns on the top.
  • master aircrew — a warrant rank in the Royal Air Force, equal to but before a warrant officer
  • master workman — a worker in charge.
  • maternity ward — hospital room for new mothers
  • matthew walker — a knot formed on the end of a rope by partly unlaying the strands and tying them in a certain way.
  • maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
  • maxwell montes — a compact mountain range on Ishtar Terra, one of the regions of highest elevation on Venus.
  • meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
  • meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
  • meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
  • measure swords — to duel with swords
  • measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
  • medicine woman — (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a woman believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; a female shaman.
  • medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
  • melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
  • 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.
  • migrant-worker — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
  • milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
  • milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
  • 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.
  • mother-out-law — the mother of one's ex-husband or ex-wife
  • mount wrangell — a mountain in S Alaska, in the W Wrangell Mountains. Height: 4269 m (14 005 ft)
  • mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
  • mowing machine — a machine for mowing or cutting down grass, grain, etc.
  • mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
  • myrtle warbler — a common North American wood warbler, Dendroica coronata, having yellow spots on the rump, crown, and sides, including a white-throated eastern subspecies (myrtle warbler) and a yellow-throated western subspecies (Audubon's warbler)
  • new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
  • new haven stem — a straight stem for flatbottomed boats in which the ends of the side planking are mitered and covered with a sheet of metal, the stem piece being wholly inside.
  • new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
  • new model army — the army established in 1645 during the Civil War by the English parliamentarians, which exercised considerable political power under Cromwell
  • newspaperwoman — a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
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