14-letter words containing w, a, t, l, i
- new australian — an immigrant to Australia, esp one whose native tongue is not English
- nuclear winter — the general devastation of life, along with worldwide darkness and extreme cold, that some scientists believe would result from a global dust cloud screening out sunlight following large-scale nuclear detonations.
- owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- parents-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
- perimeter wall — a wall that serves as a boundary around something
- persian walnut — English walnut.
- play hell with — to throw into confusion and disorder; disrupt
- play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
- potential well — a localized region in a field of force in which the potential has a deep minimum
- prawn cocktail — A prawn cocktail is a dish that consists of prawns, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal.
- preventive law — consultation, as between lawyer and client, to prevent future litigation by dispensing legal advice, clarifying the terms of a contract, etc.
- railway porter — a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc at a railway station
- retaining wall — a wall for holding in place a mass of earth or the like, as at the edge of a terrace or excavation.
- ruby-tail wasp — any of various brightly coloured wasps of the family Chrysididae, having a metallic sheen, which parasitize bees and other solitary wasps
- sackville-west — Dame Victoria Mary ("Vita") 1892–1962, English poet and novelist (wife of Harold Nicolson).
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- 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
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
- street railway — a company that operates streetcars or buses.
- swallow-tailed — having a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow, as various birds.
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- tasmanian wolf — thylacine.
- telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- the all whites — the former name for the international soccer team of New Zealand
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- to blow a kiss — If you blow someone a kiss or blow a kiss, you touch the palm of your hand lightly with your lips, and then blow across your hand towards the person, in order to show them your affection.
- to wax lyrical — If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
- tripolitan war — a war (1801–05) that Tripoli declared on the United States because of American refusal to pay tribute for the safe passage of shipping in Barbary Coastal waters.
- vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
- wait in a line — When people wait in a line, they stand in a line waiting for something.
- walk away with — escape
- walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- walking ticket — walking papers.
- wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- warrantability — The quality of being warrantable.
- waste disposal — A waste disposal or a waste disposal unit is a small machine in a kitchen sink that chops up vegetable waste.
- waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
- water plantain — any of several marsh plants of the genus Alisma, esp A. plantago-aquatica, of N temperate regions and Australia, having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed leaves: family Alismataceae
- watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
- watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
- watling island — San Salvador (def 1).
- waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.