15-letter words containing w, e, b
- ten-pin bowling — game of skittles
- the black watch — (formerly) the Royal Highland Regiment in the British Army; (since 2006) an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
- the public weal — the public good; the good of society
- throw overboard — to reject or abandon
- titius-bode law — Bode's law.
- touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
- troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
- unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
- unknowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- wage bargaining — discussions between representatives of employees and employers in order to agree levels of pay
- wager of battle — (in medieval Britain) a pledge to do battle for a cause, esp to decide guilt or innocence by single combat
- warrantableness — Quality of being warrantable.
- water-based mud — Water-based mud is a type of drilling mud consisting mainly of water, which has additives to modify it and make it more effective.
- wattle and daub — Also, wattle and dab. a building technique employing wattles plastered with clay and mud.
- weather balloon — sounding balloon.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wedding banquet — a lavish meal served after a wedding ceremony
- weimar republic — the German republic (1919–33), founded at Weimar.
- well-brought-up — If you say that someone, especially a child, is well-brought-up, you mean that they are very polite because they have been taught good manners.
- well-elaborated — worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care. Synonyms: perfected, painstaking. Antonyms: simple.
- well-remembered — to recall to the mind by an act or effort of memory; think of again: I'll try to remember the exact date.
- wellington boot — a leather boot with the front part of the top extending above the knee.
- welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
- west palm beach — a city in SE Florida: winter resort.
- whalebone whale — any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, having plates of whalebone on the sides of the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water.
- wheatgerm bread — bread made with wheat germ
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white bear lake — a city in E Minnesota: summer resort.
- widow's benefit — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a former weekly payment made to a widow
- wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit
- william gilbert — Cass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect.
- william webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.
- wring sb's neck — If you say that you will wring someone's neck or that you would like to wring their neck, you mean that you are very angry or irritated with them.