15-letter words containing w, e, a, r, i
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- have words with — to argue angrily with
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- james rainwater — (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.
- javelin thrower — a person who throws a javelin
- jewish calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by the Jews, in which time is reckoned from 3761 bc: regarded as the year of the Creation. The months, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, and Adar, have either 29 or 30 days. Originally a new month was declared when the new moon was sighted in Jerusalem, but when this became impossible, a complex formula was devised to keep Rosh Chodesh near to the new moon. In addition, to keep the harvest festivals in the right seasons, there is a Metonic cycle of 14 years, in five of which an additional month is added after Shevat. The year according to biblical reckoning begins with Nisan, and the civil year begins with Tishri; the years are numbered from Tishri
- judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
- kidasa software — (company) A company which develops project management software for Microsoft Windows.
- leadwort family — the plant family Plumbaginaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants of seacoasts and semiarid regions, having basal or alternate leaves, spikelike clusters of tubular flowers, and dry, one-seeded fruit, and including leadwort, sea lavender, statice, and thrift.
- leeward islands — a group of islands in the Caribbean, in the N Lesser Antilles between Puerto Rico and Martinique
- low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
- low earth orbit — (communications) (LEO) The kind of orbit used by communications satellites that will offer high bandwidth for video on demand, television, and Internet communications. A satellite in LEO, in contrast to one in a geostationary orbit, is not in a fixed position relative to the Earth's surface so several satellites are required to provide continuous service.
- low pass filter — (electronics, graphics) A filter that attenuates high frequency components of a signal. In image processing, a low pass filter might be used to remove noise from an image.
- low-pass filter — a filter that transmits all frequencies below a specified value, substantially attenuating frequencies above this value
- lower east side — a section in the borough of Manhattan, New York: noted for its immigrant culture.
- lower slobbovia — any place considered to be remote, poor, or unenlightened.
- medieval hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from the 6th to the 13th centuries a.d.
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- new hampshirite — of New Hampshire
- new high german — the High German language since c1500.
- new-variant cjd — a form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease thought to be transmitted by eating beef or beef products infected with BSE
- orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
- outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
- outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
- paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
- pickwick papers — (The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club) a novel (1837) by Charles Dickens.
- port wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
- port-wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
- powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
- power amplifier — an amplifier for increasing the power of a signal.
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- prairie warbler — an eastern North American wood warbler, Dendroica discolor, olive-green above, yellow below, and striped with black on the face and sides.
- prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
- prisoner of war — a person who is captured and held by an enemy during war, especially a member of the armed forces. Abbreviation: POW.
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.