14-letter words containing w, a, t, e
- centre-forward — A centre-forward in a team sport such as football or hockey is the player or position in the middle of the front row of attacking players.
- charles wright — Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
- choctawhatchee — a river in SE Alabama and NW Florida, flowing S to Choctawhatchee Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. 174 miles (280 km) long.
- climb the wall — If you say that you are climbing the walls, you are emphasizing that you feel very frustrated, nervous, or anxious.
- committeewoman — a female member of a committee
- coniston water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria: scene of the establishment of world water speed records by Sir Malcolm Campbell (1939) and his son Donald Campbell (1959). Length: 8 km (5 miles)
- cottage window — a double-hung window with an upper sash smaller than the lower.
- crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder
- cross software — Software developed on one kind of computer for use on another (usually because the other computer does not have itself adequate facilities for software development).
- crown attorney — a lawyer who acts for the Crown, esp as prosecutor in a criminal court
- crummock water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Length: 4 km (2.5 miles)
- custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
- cutlery drawer — a drawer in which cutlery is kept
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- data warehouse — Computers. a large, centralized collection of digital data gathered from various units within an organization: The annual report uses information from the data warehouse.
- descartes' law — Snell's law.
- detail drawing — a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc
- digital wallet — an electronic device, website, software system, or database that facilitates commercial transactions by storing a consumer's credit card, shipping address, and other payment data.
- dinnerware set — A dinnerware set is the same as a dinner service.
- down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
- down the hatch — drinks toast
- down-and-outer — without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- draw a picture — represent sth visually
- draw the crabs — to attract unwelcome attention
- draw-out table — draw table.
- draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
- drinking water — water that is safe to drink
- dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- dwarf palmetto — an apparently stemless palm, Sabal minor, of the southeastern U.S., having stiff, bluish-green leaves, the leafstalks arising from the ground.
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- elephant shrew — any small active African mammal of the family Macroscelididae and order Macroscelidea, having an elongated nose, large ears, and long hind legs
- employment law — rules governing working practices
- english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
- escrow account — account held on sb else's behalf
- ewe equivalent — the basic measure for calculating stock unit
- factory worker — manufacturing labourer
- fair-trade law — a state or federal law authorizing fair-trade agreements: repealed 1975.
- fare-thee-well — a state of perfection: The meal was done to a fare-thee-well.
- fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
- feather pillow — soft headrest stuffed with feathers
- featherweights — Plural form of featherweight.
- feature writer — a newspaper or magazine journalist who writes feature articles
- fellow servant — (under the fellow-servant rule) an employee working with another employee for the same employer.
- flowers of tan — a common slime mold, Fuligo septica, of the central and eastern U.S., having large sporophores and yellowish, foamy plasmodia, that during a wet growing season may spread to cover large areas of lawns, woody debris, and growing plants.
- follow the sea — to make one's living by serving on oceangoing ships
- footplatewoman — a female footplate worker
- forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.