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14-letter words containing w, e, a, n

  • find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
  • finnegans wake — a novel (1922–39) by James Joyce.
  • flannel flower — any Australian plant of the umbelliferous genus Actinotus having white flannel-like bracts beneath the flowers
  • flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
  • flowering flax — a plant, Linum grandiflorum, of northern Africa, having quickly fading, red or pink flowers.
  • 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.
  • footplatewoman — a female footplate worker
  • forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • garden warbler — any of several small brownish-grey European songbirds of the genus Sylvia (warblers), esp S. borin, common in woods and hedges: in some parts of Europe they are esteemed as a delicacy
  • garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
  • get in the way — be an obstacle
  • gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
  • go on the swag — to become a tramp
  • 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.
  • golden warbler — yellow warbler.
  • googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
  • granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
  • great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
  • gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
  • growing season — The growing season in a particular country or area is the period in each year when the weather and temperature is right for plants and crops to grow.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • have a down on — to bear ill will towards (someone or something)
  • hawaiian goose — nene.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • 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.
  • hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
  • hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
  • homeward bound — going home
  • hyperawareness — The state of being hyperaware, or extremely sensitive to stimuli.
  • 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.
  • inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
  • 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)
  • jungle warfare — the specialized techniques required by the military to survive and fight in jungle terrain
  • king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
  • knowledge base — (artificial intelligence)   A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
  • lake bangweulu — a shallow lake in NE Zambia, discovered by David Livingstone, who died there in 1873. Area: about 9850 sq km (3800 sq miles), including swamps
  • lake winnebago — a lake in E Wisconsin, fed and drained by the Fox river: the largest lake in the state. Area: 557 sq km (215 sq miles)
  • landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
  • landing-waiter — landwaiter.
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