14-letter words containing w, a, s, h, n
- prawn-sandwich — characterizing or belonging to the type of spectator at a football match who is motivated to attend more by the corporate hospitality available than a true devotion to a particular club
- raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
- sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.
- sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
- search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
- sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
- shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
- shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
- shawinigan-sud — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, S of Shawinigan.
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
- spanner wrench — a spanner with a fixed opening that cannot be adjusted to different sizes
- swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- swollen-headed — conceited
- the waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
- there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
- wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- wappenschawing — a periodical muster or review of the men under arms in a particular lordship or district
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
- water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
- watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- wave mechanics — a form of quantum mechanics formulated in terms of a wave equation, as the Schrödinger equation.
- wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
- well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
- weltanschauung — a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.
- western sahara — a region in NW Africa on the Atlantic coast, bounded by Morocco, Algeria, and Mauritania: a former Spanish province comprising Río de Oro and Saguia el Hamra 1884–1976; divided between Morocco and Mauritania 1976; claimed entirely by Morocco 1979, but still under dispute. About 102,700 sq. mi. (266,000 sq. km).
- western thrace — an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- whippersnapper — an unimportant but offensively presumptuous person, especially a young one.
- whistling swan — the small North American subspecies, Cygnus columbianus columbianus, of the tundra swan.
- white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
- win hands down — be outright winner
- wiring harness — a system of insulated conducting wires bound together with insulating materials, used in the electrical system of a machine, as a motor vehicle or washing machine.
- with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.