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15-letter words containing w, a, s, t

  • training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
  • transfer window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
  • transverse wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is perpendicular to the direction of propagation, as a surface wave of water.
  • troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
  • twelve apostles — the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to go forth to teach the gospel
  • twist one's arm — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
  • two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
  • two-star petrol — leaded petrol that has a low octane number; inferior leaded petrol
  • unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
  • unseaworthiness — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
  • walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
  • wallpaper paste — an adhesive used for attaching wallpaper to a surface
  • walnut husk fly — any of several fruit flies, as Rhagoletis completa, the larvae of which feed on and discolor walnut husks.
  • 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.
  • warmheartedness — The quality of being warmhearted.
  • warrantableness — Quality of being warrantable.
  • washington lily — a lily, Lilium washingtonianum, of the western coast of the U.S., having whorled leaves and fragrant, purple-spotted white flowers.
  • washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
  • wassermann test — a diagnostic test for syphilis using the fixation of a complement by the serum of a syphilitic individual.
  • water-based mud — Water-based mud is a type of drilling mud consisting mainly of water, which has additives to modify it and make it more effective.
  • water-resistant — resisting though not entirely preventing the penetration of water.
  • waterford glass — fine cut or gilded glass made in Waterford, Ireland, having a slight blue cast due to the presence of cobalt.
  • weather station — an installation equipped and used for meteorological observation.
  • welfare statism — the belief in or practices of a welfare state.
  • well-accustomed — customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.
  • 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.
  • 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 coast jazz — cool jazz.
  • west hartlepool — a former borough, now part of Hartlepool, in Cleveland County, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tees.
  • west palm beach — a city in SE Florida: winter resort.
  • western tanager — a tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, of western North America, the male of which is black, yellow, and orange-red.
  • westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
  • whaling station — a place where the carcases of whales were processed
  • what's cooking? — what's happening?
  • what's-her-name — a girl or woman whose name is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked
  • what's-his-name — man: forgotten name
  • whatshumacallit — Alternative form of whatchamacallit.
  • whip into shape — to bring by vigorous action into the proper or desired condition
  • white cast iron — cast iron having most or all of its carbon in the form of cementite and exhibiting a silvery fracture.
  • white christmas — A white Christmas is a Christmas when it snows.
  • white mountains — a mountain range in the US, chiefly in N New Hampshire: part of the Appalachians. Highest peak: Mount Washington, 1917 m (6288 ft)
  • white snakeroot — a North American plant, Eupatorium urticaefolium, the roots or rhizomes of which have been used as a remedy for snakebite
  • white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
  • wiener neustadt — a city in E Austria, in Lower Austria. Pop: 37 627 (2002)
  • wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit
  • william webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
  • winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
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