14-letter words containing w, a, r, t, i
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- standing water — still water that has stagnated
- stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- straight arrow — a person who manifests high-minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness.
- street railway — a company that operates streetcars or buses.
- telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- 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.
- to windward of — advantageously situated with respect to
- trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
- traffic warden — officer who monitors parking, etc.
- transom window — a window divided by a transom.
- 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.
- tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.
- two-way mirror — a sheet of glass that can be seen through from one side and is a mirror on the other, used especially for observation of criminal suspects by law-enforcement officials or witnesses.
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- wage restraint — an agreement not to demand or pay large wage increases
- wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
- waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
- 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.
- warning notice — official notification of a danger or threat
- warrantability — The quality of being warrantable.
- waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
- water divining — the location of water with a divining rod
- water fountain — a drinking fountain, water cooler, or other apparatus supplying drinking water.
- water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
- water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
- 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 purifier — a device that purifies water
- water sapphire — a transparent variety of cordierite, found in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and elsewhere, sometimes used as a gem.
- water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
- watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
- watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- wayfaring tree — a Eurasian shrub, Viburnum lantana, of the honeysuckle family, having finely toothed, ovate leaves and branching clusters of white flowers, growing along roadsides and cultivated as an ornamental in North America.
- wear-resistant — resistant to damage from normal wear or usage
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
- weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
- weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
- weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
- weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.