15-letter words containing w, a, r, t, l
- unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
- upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- wager of battle — (in medieval Britain) a pledge to do battle for a cause, esp to decide guilt or innocence by single combat
- walk-in traffic — The walk-in traffic of a store is the number of people who choose to visit it as they pass by.
- walloon brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the S part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 360 717 (2004 est). Area: 1091 sq km (421 sq miles)
- wallpaper paste — an adhesive used for attaching wallpaper to a surface
- walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
- warrantableness — Quality of being warrantable.
- water pimpernel — the brookweed.
- water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers
- water-repellent — having a finish that resists but is not impervious to water.
- waterfall model — (programming) A software life-cycle or product life-cycle model, described by W. W. Royce in 1970, in which development is supposed to proceed linearly through the phases of requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing (validation), integration and maintenance. The Waterfall Model is considered old-fashioned or simplistic by proponents of object-oriented design which often uses the spiral model instead. Earlier phases are sometimes called "upstream" and later ones "downstream". Compare: iterative model.
- waterford glass — fine cut or gilded glass made in Waterford, Ireland, having a slight blue cast due to the presence of cobalt.
- weather balloon — sounding balloon.
- welfare statism — the belief in or practices of a welfare state.
- well trajectory — The well trajectory is the direction in which the well is drilled.
- well-accredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- well-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- well-elaborated — worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care. Synonyms: perfected, painstaking. Antonyms: simple.
- well-formulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- well-integrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
- wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)
- west carrollton — a town in W Ohio.
- west hartlepool — a former borough, now part of Hartlepool, in Cleveland County, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tees.
- whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
- white bear lake — a city in E Minnesota: summer resort.
- wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit
- william gilbert — Cass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect.
- william webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- windfall profit — a profit that arises thanks to an external event over which the person profiting had no control
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- winter purslane — a plant, Montia perfoliata, native to western North America, of the purslane family, having edible, egg-shaped leaves and clusters of small, white flowers.
- withdrawal slip — a small paper form which has to be filled in before making a withdrawal of money from a bank, building society, etc
- wolf-rayet star — a very hot (35,000–100,000 K) and luminous star in the early stages of evolution, with broad emission lines in its spectrum.
- wolverine state — Michigan (used as a nickname).
- working capital — the amount of capital needed to carry on a business.
- world-wide wait — (humour) A pejorative expansion of WWW reflecting on the slowness of some network connections and sites.
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason