14-letter words containing w, a, t, e
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- forward market — future commodities trading
- fraternal twin — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
- freshwater eel — any of a family (Anguillidae) of eels that live in streams, lakes, etc. and migrate to the sea to spawn
- front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- game show host — a broadcaster who reads the questions or conducts a game show
- get in the way — be an obstacle
- gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
- go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- go on the swag — to become a tramp
- go to the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
- golden ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
- graveyard stew — milk toast.
- great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
- great gray owl — a large, dish-faced, gray owl, Strix nebulosa, of northern North America and western Eurasia, having streaked and barred plumage.
- great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
- great zimbabwe — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.
- greater weever — either of two small, European, marine fishes of the genus Trachinus, T. draco (greater weever) or T. vipera (lesser weever) having highly poisonous dorsal spines.
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- hammer away at — persist
- hammer thrower — a contestant in a hammer throw
- hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
- hardware store — shop selling DIY or home-improvement supplies
- hattie caraway — Hattie Ophelia Wyatt, 1878–1950, U.S. politician: first elected woman senator, from Arkansas, 1932.
- health warning — a message indicating the dangers to the consumer's health of consuming a particular product printed on the packaging for the product
- heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
- heartwrenching — Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
- hermit warbler — a common wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) of W North America, with a yellow-and-black head, a gray back, and white underparts
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- identical twin — one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.
- in league with — along with, plotting with
- in the wake of — the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water: The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness.
- indian-wrestle — to engage in Indian wrestling: to Indian-wrestle for the city championship.
- interwreathing — Present participle of interwreathe.
- jerkwater town — a small unimportant town
- jugurthine war — an unsuccessful war waged against the Romans (112–105 bc) by Jugurtha, king of Numidia (died 104)
- kawartha lakes — a group of lakes in S Ontario, Canada, on the Trent Canal system.
- keep pace with — to proceed at the same speed as
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
- lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
- landing-waiter — landwaiter.
- lappet weaving — weaving into which an embroidered pattern produced by additional warp threads has been introduced with the aid of a lappet.
- lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
- lavender water — a pale bluish purple.
- lay waste (to) — to destroy; devastate; make desolate
- leibnitz's law — the principle that two expressions satisfy exactly the same predicates if and only if they both refer to the same subject