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14-letter words containing w, a, r, l

  • the last straw — If an event is the last straw or the straw that broke the camel's back, it is the latest in a series of unpleasant or undesirable events, and makes you feel that you cannot tolerate a situation any longer.
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the real world — if you talk about the real world, you are referring to the world and life in general, in contrast to a particular person's own life, experience, and ideas, which may seem untypical and unrealistic
  • the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
  • three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
  • throw a wobbly — to become suddenly very agitated or angry
  • to wax lyrical — If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
  • tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
  • tripolitan war — a war (1801–05) that Tripoli declared on the United States because of American refusal to pay tribute for the safe passage of shipping in Barbary Coastal waters.
  • twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
  • unforeknowable — not foreknowable
  • unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
  • urban clearway — a stretch of road in an urban area on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
  • url forwarding — URL redirection
  • voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause
  • walk away from — to outdistance easily; defeat handily
  • walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
  • walking papers — notice of dismissal
  • walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
  • wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
  • walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
  • warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
  • warrantability — The quality of being warrantable.
  • waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
  • water plantain — any of several marsh plants of the genus Alisma, esp A. plantago-aquatica, of N temperate regions and Australia, having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed leaves: family Alismataceae
  • water purslane — a creeping, Eurasian annual plant, Lythrum portula, of marshes and wetlands, having small flowers and rounded leaves.
  • watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
  • watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
  • waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
  • weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
  • weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
  • weatherglasses — Plural form of weatherglass.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • welfare centre — a place where people or animals receive assistance
  • welfare island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
  • welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
  • welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
  • welfare worker — sb who does social or community work
  • well and truly — If you say that something is well and truly finished, gone, or done, you are emphasizing that it is completely finished or gone, or thoroughly done.
  • well-addressed — a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.
  • well-organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
  • well-practiced — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
  • well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
  • well-regulated — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
  • well-rehearsed — to practice (a musical composition, a play, a speech, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation.
  • well-travelled — traveled.
  • west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
  • western saddle — a heavy saddle having a deep seat, high cantle and pommel, pommel horn, wide leather flaps for protecting the rider's legs, and little padding.
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