14-letter words containing w, a, n, i
- disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
- display window — shop window displaying goods
- down and dirty — unscrupulous; nasty: a down-and-dirty election campaign.
- down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
- down-and-dirty — unscrupulous; nasty: a down-and-dirty election campaign.
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- downy cocktail — cationic cocktail
- draw a pension — If you draw a pension, you receive money from an insurer or the state because you have reached a particular age.
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- drawing office — an office where drawings are made
- drinking straw — thin plastic tube for sucking up liquids
- drinking water — water that is safe to drink
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
- ewe equivalent — the basic measure for calculating stock unit
- family viewing — television programmes that are suitable for both adults and children
- farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
- fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
- find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
- 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).
- forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
- fraternal twin — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- 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.
- 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.
- googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
- granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
- gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
- 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.
- hadrian's wall — a wall of defense for the Roman province of Britain, constructed by Hadrian between Solway Firth and the mouth of the Tyne.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
- hawaiian goose — nene.
- hawaiian shirt — a short-sleeved, loose-fitting, open-collar shirt originally worn in Hawaii, made of lightweight fabric printed in colorful, often bold designs of flowers, leaves, birds, beaches, etc.
- 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.
- hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- 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.
- howland island — an island in the central Pacific, near the equator: U.S. meteorological station and airfield. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).