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14-letter words containing w, e, a, r, y

  • sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
  • scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  • seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
  • spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
  • street railway — a company that operates streetcars or buses.
  • take away from — detract
  • ten years' war — a popular insurrection in Cuba (1868–78) against Spanish rule.
  • the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
  • three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
  • two-way street — an arrangement or a situation involving reciprocal obligation or mutual action
  • unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • urban clearway — a stretch of road in an urban area on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
  • van der weyden — Rogier (roːˈxiːr). ?1400–64, Flemish painter, esp of religious works and portraits
  • wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
  • water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
  • wayfaring tree — a Eurasian shrub, Viburnum lantana, of the honeysuckle family, having finely toothed, ovate leaves and branching clusters of white flowers, growing along roadsides and cultivated as an ornamental in North America.
  • weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
  • well and truly — If you say that something is well and truly finished, gone, or done, you are emphasizing that it is completely finished or gone, or thoroughly done.
  • whitewall tyre — a pneumatic tyre having white sidewalls
  • wholeheartedly — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
  • wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.
  • yeddo hawthorn — a Japanese shrub, Raphiolepis umbellata, of the rose family, having leathery leaves and dense, hairy clusters of fragrant white flowers.
  • yellow warbler — a small American warbler, Dendroica petechia, the male of which has yellow plumage streaked with brown on the underparts.
  • yesterday week — a week yesterday; a week ago from yesterday
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