15-letter words containing w, a

gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
gesamtkunstwerk — total art work; an artistic creation, as the music dramas of Richard Wagner, that synthesizes the elements of music, drama, spectacle, dance, etc.
get a wiggle on — to hurry up
giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
giant water bug — any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug)
gibson, william — William Gibson
gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
give it a whirl — If you decide to give an activity a whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before.
go on one's way — If you go on your way, you continue with your journey.
go with a swing — If you say that something is going with a swing, you mean that it is lively and exciting.
grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
grasp at straws — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
graveyard watch — graveyard shift.
great awakening — the series of religious revivals among Protestants in the American colonies, especially in New England, lasting from about 1725 to 1770.
great white way — the theater district along Broadway, near Times Square in New York City.
greenland whale — an arctic right whale, Balaena mysticetus, that is black with a cream-coloured throat
gregorian water — a mixture of water, salt, ashes, and wine, blessed and sprinkled over the altar in the consecration of a church.
griqualand west — a former district in S South Africa, N of the Orange River and W of the Orange Free State: diamonds found 1867.
half wellington — a loose boot extending to just above the ankle and usually worn under the trousers.
half-wave plate — a crystal thin enough to cause a phase difference of 180° between the ordinary and extraordinary rays of polarized light, thereby changing the direction of the plane of polarization.
hard row to hoe — a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line: a row of apple trees.
hardware dealer — a person or shop who deals in metal tools and implements and mechanical equipment and components, etc
have (down) pat — to know or have memorized thoroughly
have a way with — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
have a whack at — to aim a blow at
have to do with — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
have words with — to argue angrily with
hawaiian guitar — a six-to-eight-string electric guitar, fretted with a piece of metal or bone to produce a whining, glissando sound, played in a horizontal position usually resting on the performer's knees or on a stand, and much used by country music performers.
hawaiian pidgin — an English-based creole widely spoken in Hawaii.
hazardous waste — any industrial by-product, especially from the manufacture of chemicals, that is destructive to the environment or dangerous to the health of people or animals: Hazardous wastes often contaminate ground water.
heads will roll — If you say that heads will roll as a result of something bad that has happened, you mean that people will be punished for it, especially by losing their jobs.
heath speedwell — a temperate scrophulariaceous plant, Veronica officinalis, having small blue or pinkish white flowers
hebrew calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
hewlett-packard — (HP) Hewlett-Packard designs, manufactures and services electronic products and systems for measurement, computation and communications. The company's products and services are used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and education in approximately 110 countries. HP was founded in 1939 and employs 96600 people, 58900 in the USA. They have manufacturing and R&D establishments in 54 cities in 16 countries and approximately 600 sales and service offices in 110 countries. Their revenue (in 1992/1993?) was $20.3 billion. The Chief Executive Officer is Lewis E. Platt. HP's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Paris exchanges. Quarterly sales $6053M, profits $347M (Aug 1994).
high-water mark — a mark showing the highest level reached by a body of water.
highway robbery — robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
horizontal well — A horizontal well is a well which has sections that have been drilled at more than 80 degrees from the vertical in order to penetrate a greater length of the reservoir.
housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
how about that! — isn't that interesting!
how do you mean — If you say 'How do you mean?' to someone, you are asking them to explain or give more details of what they have just said.
hump one's swag — (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
hyperweak force — a hypothetical force that transforms quarks into leptons and vice versa at high energies.
identical twins — 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 a family way — pregnant; with child
in all weathers — If you say that someone does something in all weathers, you mean that they do it regularly whether the weather is good or bad.
in harness with — in cooperation with
in the same way — similarly
indian hawthorn — a southern Chinese evergreen shrub, Raphiolepis indica, of the rose family, having shiny, leathery leaves and pinkish-white flowers in loose clusters.
irvine dataflow — (language) (Always called "Id") A non-strict, single assignment language and incremental compiler developed by Arvind and Gostelow and used on MIT's Tagged-Token Dataflow Architecture and planned to be used on Motorola's Monsoon. See also Id Nouveau.
ja well no fine — used to indicate reluctant acceptance

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