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14-letter words containing w, a, n

  • brewer's grain — an exhausted malt occurring as a by-product of brewing and used as a feedstuff for cattle, pigs, and sheep
  • brother-in-law — Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister.
  • brown bullhead — a freshwater catfish, Ictalurus nebulosus, of eastern North America, having an olive to brown body with dark markings on the sides.
  • brown thrasher — a common large songbird, Toxostoma rufum, of the eastern U.S., having reddish-brown plumage.
  • browntail moth — kind of moth
  • buckwheat note — shape note.
  • calendar watch — a watch that indicates date of the month, day of the week, etc., as well as the time.
  • capital inflow — In economics, capital inflow is the amount of capital coming into a country, for example in the form of foreign investment.
  • captain's walk — widow's walk
  • cardinal vowel — any one of eight primary, purportedly invariant, sustained vowel sounds that constitute a reference set for describing the vowel inventory of a language.
  • carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
  • carrion flower — a liliaceous climbing plant, Smilax herbacea of E North America, whose small green flowers smell like decaying flesh
  • center forward — A center forward in a team sport such as soccer or hockey is the player or position in the middle of the front row of attacking players.
  • central powers — (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
  • centre-forward — A centre-forward in a team sport such as football or hockey is the player or position in the middle of the front row of attacking players.
  • charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
  • charles's wain — Big Dipper
  • chicago window — a composite window, horizontal in character, consisting of a large, fixed sheet of glass between two vertical windows with sash for ventilation, first popularized in commercial buildings in Chicago in the 1880s and 1890s.
  • china wood oil — tung oil
  • clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
  • cleaning woman — A cleaning woman is the same as a cleaning lady.
  • clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
  • coasting wagon — a toy wagon for children, often used for coasting down hills.
  • come one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • committeewoman — a female member of a committee
  • common ragweed — a plant, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, of a chiefly North American genus: family Asteraceae (composites). Its green tassel-like flowers produce large amounts of pollen, which causes hay fever
  • common swallow — Hirundo rustica, a passerine songbird of the family Hirundinidae, having long pointed wings, a forked tail, short legs, and a rapid flight
  • compass window — a bay window having a semicircular shape
  • coniston water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria: scene of the establishment of world water speed records by Sir Malcolm Campbell (1939) and his son Donald Campbell (1959). Length: 8 km (5 miles)
  • cottage window — a double-hung window with an upper sash smaller than the lower.
  • council of war — A council of war is a meeting that is held in order to decide how a particular threat or emergency should be dealt with.
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • crenshaw melon — a variety of melon resembling the casaba, having pinkish flesh.
  • crown attorney — a lawyer who acts for the Crown, esp as prosecutor in a criminal court
  • crown imperial — a liliaceous garden plant, Fritillaria imperialis, with a cluster of leaves and orange bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
  • cuban sandwich — a hero sandwich, especially with ham, pork, cheese, and pickles, often grilled.
  • daffadowndilly — a daffodil
  • daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
  • dano-norwegian — Bokmål.
  • detail drawing — a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc
  • diamond willow — wood that may come from any species of willow and has a diamond pattern in the grain, used for making walking sticks, table lamps, etc
  • dinnerware set — A dinnerware set is the same as a dinner service.
  • disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
  • display window — shop window displaying goods
  • do a slow burn — If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily.
  • 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 the hatch — drinks toast
  • down-and-dirty — unscrupulous; nasty: a down-and-dirty election campaign.
  • down-and-outer — without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
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