15-letter words containing w, a, u, l
- walking wounded — casualties, as of a military conflict, who are wounded but ambulatory.
- wallace nutting — Wallace, 1861–1941, U.S. antiquary, author, and illustrator.
- wallpaper music — music that is pleasant but not interesting, so people do not pay much attention to it
- 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.
- washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
- water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers
- wattle and daub — Also, wattle and dab. a building technique employing wattles plastered with clay and mud.
- wee small hours — the hours just after midnight
- weimar republic — the German republic (1919–33), founded at Weimar.
- well-accustomed — customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.
- well-acquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
- well-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- well-formulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
- whatshumacallit — Alternative form of whatchamacallit.
- wheelchair user — a person who is unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relies on a wheelchair to move around
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- whiplash injury — the lash of a whip.
- winter purslane — a plant, Montia perfoliata, native to western North America, of the purslane family, having edible, egg-shaped leaves and clusters of small, white flowers.
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason