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14-letter words containing w, e, i, l

  • electrowinning — a means of extracting metal from ore using electrolysis
  • english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
  • ewe equivalent — the basic measure for calculating stock unit
  • eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
  • fair-trade law — a state or federal law authorizing fair-trade agreements: repealed 1975.
  • family viewing — television programmes that are suitable for both adults and children
  • feather pillow — soft headrest stuffed with feathers
  • fellow citizen — law: national of same country
  • fellow feeling — sympathetic feeling; sympathy: to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate.
  • fellow-feeling — sympathetic feeling; sympathy: to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate.
  • fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
  • field-to-wheel — relating to all phases of biofuel production and use from growing to combustion
  • 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.
  • flowering moss — pyxie.
  • formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
  • 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.
  • freewheelingly — In a freewheeling manner; without constraint.
  • get with child — to make pregnant
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • golden wedding — the fiftieth anniversary of a wedding.
  • goodfellowship — cheerful company
  • googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
  • granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
  • great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
  • gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
  • grinding wheel — a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.
  • 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.
  • heidelberg jaw — a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany.
  • hermit warbler — a common wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) of W North America, with a yellow-and-black head, a gray back, and white underparts
  • i'll/we'll see — People say 'I'll see' or 'We'll see' to indicate that they do not intend to make a decision immediately, and will decide later.
  • 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
  • indian-wrestle — to engage in Indian wrestling: to Indian-wrestle for the city championship.
  • injection well — a deep well into which pressurized fluids are injected for waste disposal, to improve the recovery of petroleum, or in solution mining.
  • jewel neckline — a plain, slightly rounded neckline without a collar, as on a dress or sweater
  • kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
  • lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
  • 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.
  • lappet weaving — weaving into which an embroidered pattern produced by additional warp threads has been introduced with the aid of a lappet.
  • lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
  • law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
  • leibnitz's law — the principle that two expressions satisfy exactly the same predicates if and only if they both refer to the same subject
  • licensing laws — In Britain, the licensing laws are the laws which control the selling of alcoholic drinks.
  • like clockwork — the mechanism of a clock.
  • linsey-woolsey — a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling.
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